Castle Dukla
castle, chateau
265m
Powiat krośnieński, Podkarpackie

The original castle in Dukla was built around mid-16th century upon initiative of Jan Jordan

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Previous names
Castle Dukla, Палац в Дуклі, Zamek w Dukli, Замок в Дукле
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Description

The original castle in Dukla was built around mid-16th century upon initiative of Jan Jordan. It fell into ruin already in 1636. Therefore, a new palace was erected in this place around 1636-1638 by efforts of Franciszek Bernard Mniszech. It was a two-storey building on a square floor plan, with a front facing the south, set within fortifications and thus, representing a “palazzo in fortezza” type. After a fire in 1758 the palace was rebuilt upon initiative of Jerzy August Wandalin Mniszech and his wife, Maria Amalia nee Bruhl, in the years 1764-1765, making it an element of a Late Baroque “entre court et jardin” residence, probably to the design of a Dresden-based architect Jan Friedrich Knobl, under guidance of Leonard Andrys, a court builder of the Mniszech family. At that time, the palace gained an additional storey and was reoriented along the east-west axis, at the same time framing the front (west) façade by two outbuildings based on former casemate fortified towers. What is more, formal gardens equipped with garden buildings and landscape architecture (theatre, stone bridges, garden benches, fence and vases) were established. In 1779 the Ossoliński family took over property of the palace complex, followed by Stadnicki and Męciński families. The last pre-war owners of the complex were the Tarnowski family.

The palace was destroyed by fires in 1810, 1821 and 1848. It was reconstructed in 1875 by efforts of Adam Męciński; at that time, internal partitions of the ground floor and décor of all façades were altered. As a result of World War I the palace was ruined; it remained uninhabited during the inter-war period and stood as a burned ruin without a roof and ceilings until 1962, when a renovation and partial reconstruction of the palace form began. Originally, the outbuildings served as apartments for servants, later also for owners. They were partially destroyed as a result of acts of war in the years 1941-1944 and subject to renovation in 1958. The park, established in 1758 in the style of a French formal garden, was transformed in the 19th century into a landscape park. A Gothic Revival chapel, probably built in 1875, and an ice house have survived in the park.

Currently, the complex is used by the Dukla Palace Historical Museum.

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