Palace in Nakło

The palace in Nakło in Częstochowa County was built in 1770-1780 for Count Kajetan Bystrzanowski. It is entered in the heritage register and lies on the Trail of the Eagles' Nests, and today it houses a hotel.

History of the palace

In the second half of the 18th century the owners of the town were the Młodzianowski family. Through his marriage to Marcyanna Młodzianowska, Kajetan Bystrzanowski took over the estate and built a palace in the Baroque-Neoclassical style, designed by the architect Jan Ferdynand Nax. Later the estate belonged to the Zbijewski family, who rebuilt the palace in the second half of the 19th century, and then to the Komorowski family, until the end of the Second World War. After the war the building was nationalised and housed an agricultural technical school, and then a children's home. It returned to private hands after 1989.

The building and park

It is a nine-bay, three-storey building on a rectangular plan with a mansard roof and dormers. In the middle of the façade stands a three-bay projecting central bay with a tympanum, in which the coats of arms Starykoń of the Bystrzanowski family and Dąbrowa of the Młodzianowski family are placed. The palace is surrounded by a geometric park from the 18th century covering 8.8 ha, with natural monument specimens of small-leaved lime, common beech and cornelian cherry. On the side of the entrance the park is bounded by a brick wall, and the western road is lined with lime trees. A few dozen metres to the east stands a steward's house from the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, built of limestone and brick.

Practical information

• Address: Nakło 74, Lelów municipality.
• The building operates as a hotel, so check whether you can enter the grounds before your visit.
• Nearby: the parish Church of St Nicholas in Nakło and the palace in Siedliska.