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ŁAŃCUT & RASNOV
ULA SKALSKA
1Cg
2019/2020
RASNOV
ŁAŃCUT
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At the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries, Łańcut castle was owned by Stanisław Stadnicki. Considered to be the greatest noble troublemaker in Poland,
he was nicknamed „the devil of Łańcut”.
In 1628, the castle passed
into the ownership
of the Lubomirski family.
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Stanisław Lubomirski, Voivod of Krakow, rebuilt it as a Baroque residence, complete with towers as the corners.
The stucco work in the Zodiac Room, depicting John the Baptist and created
by Giovanni Falconi, is a reminder
of that period.
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In the late 18th century,
the renowded architect,
Tylam van Gameren,
rebuilt it and what emerged was a fortified residence
in the High Baroque style.
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In 1745, Stanisław Lubomirski,
Marshal of the Crown, became the owner and, togheter with his wife, Izabel, commissioned Chrystian Piotr Aigner
to rebiuld the palace. An orangery
was added, as was another storey
to the residential building as was a wing, while the elevation was transformed
in the Neo-Gothic style,
creating a stunning palace residence.
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The final rebuilding work was carried out between 1889 and 1912,
under the ownership
of the Potocki family.
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The interiors Museum
is currently housed
in the biulding, exhibiting
a rich art collection, a superb library,
and weapons and decorative art collection.
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A beautiful park surrounds the palace; the geometric garden, laid out in 1770 inside the former fortifications
is particulary noteworthy.
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The two biuldings erected in the park between 1892 and 1029 now house
the largest collection
of historical horse-drawn vehicles
in Poland. There are over 70 exhibits, dating from the late 18th to the early
19th centuries and including processional and travelling coaches,
sleighs, britzkas and various
other types of carriages.
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The exhibition is supplemented
by a display of harnesses and harness accessories. Only a few of them
belong to the castle's owners;
the majority were bought by the museum after the war. The atables are home
to an exhibition of icons and Orthodox art.
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RASNOV
Rasnov Fortress
(Rosenau in German),
is located on a rocky hilltop
in the Carpathian Mountains,
650 ft. above the town of Rasnov.
First mentioned in
an official document
in 1331, the fortress was built
by Teutonic Knights as protection
against invading Tartars and was later enlarged by the local Saxon population.
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Strategically located
on the commercial route linking
the provinces of Transylvania
and Walachia, Rasnov differs
from other Saxon fortresses in
that it was designed
as a place of refuge over extended periods of time.
As such, it had at least 30 houses,
a school, a chapel and other buildings more commonly associated with a village.
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The defensive system included nine towers, two bastions and a drawbridge. Surrounded by 500-foot-slopes
on the north, south and west sides,
the fortress was obliged to surrender
only once, in the year 1612 when invaders managed to find the secret route
that supplied the people inside
the fortress with water. With the location of their water supply no longer a secret, the need for a well inside the fortress became a must.
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According to local legend,
two Turkish prisoners were put to the task of digging a well through solid rock in the center of the fortress. They were promised their freedom once the well was finished.
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Work on the 470-foot-deep well began in 1623 and took 17 years to complete.
The well provided extra security as it meant the people didn't have to go outside
the gates at all during a siege.
It was in use until 1850
when the wheel broke.
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The last siege of Rasnov Fortress took place in 1690 during the final Ottoman invasion of Transylvania.
Damaged by fire in 1718, it was rebuilt
the following year. The next major damage occurred as the result
of an earthquake in 1802.
The fortress was last used
as a place of refuge during the revolution of 1848 and was abandoned after that.2
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Recently, the old fortress has been restored to its former glory and today,
you can visit the impressive remains. There is also a museum here, hidden behind the ancient walls, where you can find a skeleton buried beneath a glass floor, as well as some other interesting artifacts. The inner rooms are maze-like, with several wooden ladders linking them and a few so-called secret passages which should keep you busy
for quite awhile.