Rogalin | |
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  Rogalin | |
| Coordinates:52°14′04″N16°56′04″E / 52.23444°N 16.93444°E /52.23444; 16.93444 | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Poznań |
| Gmina | Mosina |
| Population (approx.) | 700 |
Rogalinpronounced[rɔˈɡalin] is a village in westernPoland, situated on the riverWarta.[1] It lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the town ofMosina, and 19 km (12 mi) south of the metropolitan city ofPoznań.[2] It is best known for theRogalin Landscape Park (with the oldest oak trees in Poland[3]), the Baroque palace, art gallery, andneoclassical church with the mausoleum of the Raczyński family.
Rogalin is primarily famous for its 18th-centuryPolish Baroque palace of the Raczyński family, and the adjacent Raczyński Art Gallery, housing a permanent exhibition of paintings by the Polish and foreign artists of international renown includingPaul Delaroche andClaude Monet as well as the famousJan Matejko's large-size paintingJoanna d'Arc(see a fragment below). The gallery was founded by CountEdward Aleksander Raczyński. Rogalin is also known for its putatively 800-year-oldoak trees (Polish:Dęby Rogalińskie) on the flood plains of the Warta and the historicalSt. MarcellinusChurch, whose design was inspired by theRoman templeMaison Carrée inNîmes,France.
The last owner of the estate was CountEdward Bernard Raczyński, who was from 1979 to 1986 wasPresident of the Polish Republic in exile. Hissarcophagus is deposited in the Raczyński Mausoleum, under the church in Rogalin. In his testament, Count Raczyński bequeathed his estate in Rogalin (including the family palace, gallery, library, and church) to theRaczyński Family Foundation (its president is the Director of theNational Museum in Poznań).[4]
Much of the surrounding landscape forms theprotected area of recognized natural and ecological value known as theRogalin Landscape Park.
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