Rogalin is a village in western

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, situated on the river

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. It lies approximately east of the town of Mosina, and south of the metropolitan city of

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.Information for tourists and citizens
at Rogalin.org It is best known for the Rogalin Landscape Park (with the oldest oak trees in Poland), the Baroque palace, art gallery, and neoclassical church with the mausoleum of the Raczyński family.

Overview

Rogalin is primarily famous for its 18th-century Polish Baroque palace of the Raczyński family, and the adjacent Raczyński Art Gallery, housing a permanent exhibition of paintings by the Polish and foreign artists of international renown including

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and

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as well as the famous

Jan Matejko Jan Alojzy Matejko (; also known as Jan Mateyko; 24 June 1838 – 1 November 1893) was a Polish painter, a leading 19th-century exponent of history painting, known for depicting nodal events from Polish history. His works include large scale ...

's large-size painting ''Joanna d'Arc'' ''(see a fragment below)''. The gallery was founded by Count Edward Aleksander Raczyński. Rogalin is also known for its putatively 800-year-old

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trees () on the flood plains of the Warta and the historical St. Marcellinus

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, whose design was inspired by the

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The last owner of the estate was Count Edward Bernard Raczyński, who was from 1979 to 1986 was President of the Polish Republic in exile. His

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is deposited in the Raczyński Mausoleum, under the church in Rogalin. In his testament, Count Raczyński bequeathed his estate in Rogalin (including the family palace, gallery, library, and church) to the Raczyński Family Foundation (its president is the Director of the National Museum in Poznań).

Geography

Much of the surrounding landscape forms the

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of recognized natural and ecological value known as the Rogalin Landscape Park.

Gallery

Image:Album widokow przedstawiajacych miejsca historyczne Ksiestwa Poznanskiego i Prus Zachodnich 1880 (5414411) (cropped).jpg, ''Rogalin Palace'' by Napoleon Orda, 1880 Image:PL-Rogalin-Schloss-2.jpg, Palace in Rogalin - front view Image:Rogalin. Pałac od strony parku.JPG, General view of the Rogalin Palace Image:Rogalin Pałac i park.jpg, Aerial view of the palace Image:Pałac w Rogalinie - Biblioteka.jpg, The library Image:Sarkofag Edwarda Raczyńskiego.jpg, Sarcophagus of Count Edward Bernard Raczyński Image:Statue_in_Rogalin_Park.jpg, Statue in Rogalin Park Image:RogalinOaks.jpg, Rogalin Oaks Image:Joanna d`Arc by Jan Matejko 2.jpg, ''Joanna d`Arc'', fragment of large-scale painting by

of 1886 Image:Jacek Malczewski - Edward A. Raczyński (1903).jpg, ''Portrait of Edward Aleksander Raczyński'' by

Jacek Malczewski Jacek Malczewski (; 15 July 1854 – 8 October 1929) was a Polish symbolist painter who was one of the central figures of the patriotic Young Poland movement. His works combined the predominant style of his time with historical motifs of Pol ...

Image:Pałac w Rogalinie - Galeria obrazów.jpg, A paintings gallery in the palace Image:Pałac w Rogalinie - Wnętrze.jpg, Interior of the palace Image:Rogalin, pałac, piec w sypialni Róży.jpg, A historic fireplace

References

* Adam Wyszynski
Photos from Rogalin
at Rogalin.eu

External links

* {{Authority control Villages in Poznań County Tourist attractions in Greater Poland Voivodeship