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Explore #184: Church G, Poland – May 2016

June 8, 2017

Explore #24 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ We started the final day of our roadtrip with a nice relaxed little explore of an old Gothic church close to the German border. History This Gothic church was built in the 15th Century, and was completely rebuilt in the late 1700s. Further extensions and refinements were added in the 1920s, including a new crypt and new wooden chancel. The village which the church served was originally in East Germany, but the…

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Explore #183: Pałac Glinka, Poland – May 2016

June 5, 2017

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Palaces, Castles & Mansions, Poland

Explore #23 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ After our explore of Great Belcz we just had time to grab a quick external shot of one more crumbling palace… History (translated and rewritten from here). The Baroque Pałac Glinka was built in the 18th century by the Zobeltitz family. The building and landscaped parkland were expanded during the nineteenth century, and despite heavy fighting in the area it survived World War II relatively intact. In the post-war period, as with…

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Explore #182: Palace Great Belcz aka Pałac w Bełczu Wielkim, Poland – May 2016

June 1, 2017

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Palaces, Castles & Mansions, Poland

Explore #22 of ‘The Picnics & Palaces Tour’ Our palaces megatour continued with a quick late-afternoon stopover at another grand old palace which has fallen into serious (and now terminal) decline… History (translated and rewritten from here). The baroque Palace Belcz dates back to 1787, when it was owned by the von Kalkereuth family. The estate then passed to the Schönborns, before being bought by Ludwig Adolph Theodor Dürr in 1898. During World War II the palace was commandeered by…