Czarnolas, Zwoleń County
Czarnolas | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 The Kochanowski Museum | |
  Czarnolas | |
| Coordinates: 51°25′43″N 21°42′11″E / 51.42861°N 21.70306°E | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Zwoleń |
| Gmina | Policzna |
Czarnolas [t͡ʂarˈnɔlas] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Policzna, within Zwoleń County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It lies approximately 12 kilometres (7 mi) north-east of Zwoleń and 100 km (62 mi) south-east of Warsaw.
Czarnolas is famous as the residence of the Polish Renaissance poet, Jan Kochanowski. Today the village hosts the Jan Kochanowski Museum in Czarnolas. opened in 1961.[2]
The village's name translates to "blackwood" or "black forest".
History[edit]
The village belonged to the Kochanowski family for a century, then frequently changed owners. In 1830, on the site of the poet's manor house, which had burned down, a Neogothic chapel was erected. In 1961, in the Jabłonowski family's 19th-century manor house, within a picturesque garden, was established the Jan Kochanowski Museum, before which stands a statue of the poet by M. Welter.[3][4]
From 1975 to 1998, the village was part of Radom Voivodeship.
References[edit]
- ^ "Central Statistical Office (GUS) - TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
- ^ "Muzeum Jana Kochanowskiego w Czarnolesie". muzeumkochanowski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2023-02-22.
- ^ Palacz, Tomasz (1986). Czarnolas Jana Kochanowskiego (in Polish). Wydawn. Lubelskie. ISBN 978-83-222-0374-3.
- ^ Szewczyk, Aleksandra; Pałubska, Katarzyna (2014). "Planowanie przekształceń krajobrazowych założenia parkowo-dworskiego przy Muzeum im. Jana Kochanowskiego w Czarnolesie" [Landscape transformations planning of the historical court garden by the Museum of John Kochanowski in Czarnolas]. Teka Komisji Architektury, Urbanistyki i Studiów Krajobrazowych (in Polish). 10 (1). ISSN 1895-3980.
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