Description of the attraction
The Puslovskys' palace in Kossovo is called the Knight's Dream. It was built at the beginning of the 19th century in the nostalgic style of old Gothic castles. The architect František Jaszczold from Warsaw worked on his project, and the Italian artist Marconi was invited to decorate the interiors. The palace was built in 1838.
Above the palace walls there are 12 large towers for the number of months in a year and 365 small towers for the number of days in a year. The palace had 132 rooms, each of which was a unique piece of art. One of them even had a transparent floor, under which aquarium fish swam. The Puslovskys' library contained more than 10 thousand books. The museum was built in such a way that every corner of it is filled with sunlight. The Puslovskys had a beautiful and strange tradition - to arrange a "Room Day". They loved to decorate a room with fresh flowers by the time it was filled with the first rays of the sun.
After the death of the head of the family, Kazimir Puslovsky, his life's work on the construction of the palace and park was continued by his son Vandalin Puslovsky, a wealthy Polish manufacturer. In addition to the family nest, Vandalin Puslovsky owned a cloth factory, a mill and a brick factory. There were legends about the fabulous wealth of the Puslovskys. One of them is that a secret underground passage 25 kilometers long was laid from the Kossovsky castle to the Ruzhany palace.
Unfortunately, the family's wealth fell into the hands of an unworthy heir. Vandalin's son Leon lost at cards a magnificent palace built by his ancestors. Fate has not spared the unique romantic castle. First, rare trees and flowers in the park died, then the greenhouse was gone, ponds were overgrown.
During the First World War, the next owners stole the unique library and sold all the paintings. During the Second World War, partisans set fire to the palace in order to smoke out German soldiers entrenched in the ancient walls.
Now reconstruction has begun in the Puslovskys' palace. We can only hope that soon, thanks to the painstaking work of the restorers, we will see the revived eighth wonder of the world in all its glory.
