Description of the attraction
The chapel-burial vault of Ozheshko in Zakozel is a masterpiece of neo-Gothic architecture, built in 1849 by the famous architect František Yaszczold, who also built a palace in Kossovo.
At the beginning of the 19th century, a grandiose construction began in Zakozel. A manor house with a distillery is being built here, a magnificent landscape-regular park of 30 hectares is laid out. The owner Nikodim Ozheshko hired local craftsmen for the construction of the estate and other buildings, and he wanted to build the tomb so that it would amaze everyone with its splendor. This idea was quite successful.
The history of the tomb is connected with the January National Liberation Uprising of 1863. The Ozheshko family supported the uprising. The writer Eliza Ozheshko provided active assistance to the rebels. She supplied them with food, medicine, food, valuable information. In this ancestral chapel, one of the rebel leaders, Romuald Traugutt, hid for some time. Soon the uprising was suppressed, the leaders were arrested, and round-ups began on the rest of the participants.
Despite the fact that now the magnificent chapel is in a deplorable state, two cast-iron shields with the coats of arms of two branches of the Ozheshko family have miraculously survived on its facade. Inside is a magnificent marble altar. Under the chapel is a crypt-burial vault, where the ashes of representatives of the ancient Ozheshko family once rested. Lacy ribs once made the arch delicate and light. Now we can only guess how magnificent this chapel was during its heyday. If measures are not taken to preserve and restore this architectural monument, unfortunately, soon it will completely collapse. Already, posters warning of a possible collapse are hanging on the chapel.
