7. Ruins of the palace in Góra
The ruins of this famous 18th-century Ponia-
towskich Palace in Góra echo its bygone
splendour. The building itself was
erected in around 1780 for the Prince
Stanislaw Poniatowski (1754-1833). His
vast landed estate between the Vistula
and the Narew rivers included the following
localities: Góra, Okunin, Nowy Dwór,
Modlin, Janówek, Krubin and Olszewnica.
Under the influence of Józef Wybicki
(1747-1822), who was the steward of his
property’s acreage, a bold decision was
made at the time. On August 20, 1778, he
granted freehold to a group of peasants living
there and released them from serfdom. This
was the second such reform in the territory
of the Republic, and the first one in the lands
of the Crown.
In 1795, the estate in Góra was acquired by the chamberlain and President of the Senate of the Duchy of Warsaw, Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski. As president of the Economic and Agricultural Society, he ran in Góra a very modern arable farm.
The next owner of the estate was Count Wacław Gutakowski (1790-1882), officer of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw, who took part in the 1809 and 1812-1813 campaigns. In 1811, he was an officer of the staff of Prince Józef Poniatowski and in February 1813 he was promoted to the rank of colonel of the 13th Hussar Regiment.
The 20th century was not a happy period for the palace in Góra. The neighbourhood Modlin Fortress and the forts in Janówek exposed it to the danger of bombings in 1915. During the interwar period, in the reconstructed and restored palace, there was a Female Agricultural School. Unfortunately, during the Second World War, the palace was burned and has never been rebuilt. This decent-size structure could not resist the passage of time and the systematic devastation of the post-war era.
In 1795, the estate in Góra was acquired by the chamberlain and President of the Senate of the Duchy of Warsaw, Ludwik Szymon Gutakowski. As president of the Economic and Agricultural Society, he ran in Góra a very modern arable farm.
The next owner of the estate was Count Wacław Gutakowski (1790-1882), officer of the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw, who took part in the 1809 and 1812-1813 campaigns. In 1811, he was an officer of the staff of Prince Józef Poniatowski and in February 1813 he was promoted to the rank of colonel of the 13th Hussar Regiment.
The 20th century was not a happy period for the palace in Góra. The neighbourhood Modlin Fortress and the forts in Janówek exposed it to the danger of bombings in 1915. During the interwar period, in the reconstructed and restored palace, there was a Female Agricultural School. Unfortunately, during the Second World War, the palace was burned and has never been rebuilt. This decent-size structure could not resist the passage of time and the systematic devastation of the post-war era.