Churches and monasteries
Neo-Gothic church from 1862-1869, successor to wooden churches, with an old cemetery opposite
Historic sites
Neoclassical palace with a portico on Doric columns, part of a complex with an English park
Historic sites
Neo-Baroque brick lodge with a heraldic cartouche, part of the palace complex in Gorzyce
Things to do solo in Gorzyce: two palaces from different eras and a neo-Gothic church, easy to see on a single unhurried walk.
Gorzyce, in Wodzisław County, is a small place, but its historic buildings make a simple route. For someone travelling alone, a few hours without a fixed plan is enough to see them all.
A good start is the Larisch and Counts d'Arco Palace at Zamkowa 2, a classicist brick building from the 18th century, raised by Count Aleksander von Arco. It has a projecting central bay with a pediment at the front and a terrace on four columns facing the garden. The palace belongs to a complex with an English landscape park.
On Bogumińska Street stands the Hunting Lodge, a neo-Baroque brick building from the 19th century. It was commissioned by the coal magnate Fritz von Friedländer-Fuld, and his coat of arms still hangs above the entrance. Both residences are part of one palace complex, so a single loop covers them.
Finish in the village at the Church of the Holy Guardian Angel, a neo-Gothic parish church from 1862-1869, rebuilt after damage in 1945. For more outings like this, see solo trips in Silesia or the page for the whole village: things to do in Gorzyce.
Three sites make a short route. The two palaces share one complex and the church stands in the village centre, so the whole visit takes little time.
Both belong to the palace complex with the English park. The older one is classicist from the 18th century, the younger one neo-Baroque from the 19th century.
