Lubostroń Palace

Author, among others, of edifices in Warsaw and in the region of the Greater Poland, Zawadzki was commissioned by Count Fryderyk Skórzewski to realize the project on the location of the Piłatowo folwark.

The Łabiszyn estate was brought in the dowry of Marianna née Ciecierska in 1762, when she married the count Franciszek Skórzewski (1709-1773),[3] a general of the Crown troops, supporting the Bar Confederation.

Marianna was beautiful and brilliant, shining at the royal court in Berlin and at Sanssouci: King Frederick II even became the godfather of their first son, Fryderyk.

[4] In spring 1772, she was visited by Franz von Brenkenhoff, mandated by Frederick II to collect demography data in the area, in the perspective of the First Partition of Poland.

[5] After he inherited the estate, Fryderyk Józef Andrzej (1768-1832) became a Count of the Prussian Empire, chamberlain of the court and Grand Cross in the Order of the Red Eagle.

It became a manifesto of the ancestral patriotism of the family, complemented by decoration elements: busts of famous Poles and a painting gallery of Polish kings, princes and hetmans, such as Frederick Augustus - the Duke of Warsaw.

[4] Ignacy Chodźko (1794-1861), a Polish novelist and storyteller, commented in one of his work at the end of the 1830s:[10] (...) Near the Noteć and the town of Łabiszyn in the Grand Duchy of Poznań, there is a palace in Lubostroń.

Its location is stunning, the charm of its gardens and the beautiful architectural realisations designed under the direction of Stanisław Zawadzki make this property one of the most noteworthy in Poland (...)Leon Fryderyk Walenty Skórzewski (1845-1903), Fryderyk's descendant, invited in 1872 to the palace Erazm Rykaczewski [pl] (1803-1873), a famous Polish historian, translator and lexicographer, who died here a year later.

[7] Afterwards, the place was managed by the local State Agricultural Farm and housed, among others, a center of the Employee Holiday Fund (Polish: Fundusz Wczasów Pracowniczych).

This tradition of concerts still lasts today, with various Polish and foreign artists, guests of the different Bydgoszcz Festivals (e.g. Musica Antiqua Europae Orientalis [pl]).

In addition, the university of Bydgoszcz initiated a series of Sunday "Palace Concerts", consisting in particular of recitals, chamber ensembles and choirs or thematic performances.

Above it are placed four relief slabs, by Michał Ceptowski, illustrating local historical events:[9] The dome adorning is complemented by a huge brass chandelier hanging from the top.

[19] Another storm on the night of August 11, 2017, brought further destruction to natural monuments and damaged the orangery,[20][21] the administration office, the former coach house and the stables.

Palladio's Villa Rotonda
Warsaw - Królikarnia palace
Garczyński's coat of arms
Fryderyk Skórzewski's coat of arms