Sunday, October 05, 2008

Czerniejewo.

Palace

Church in Czerniejewo
G臋barzewo
Abandoned house

Another nice day so we took off for Czerniejewo, a little town close to Gniezno. It has a palace there built in 1771 by Jan Lipski. The earliest mention is in 1284 when the town is referred to as Handeslplatz. It was a royal possession from then until 1386 when King W艂adys艂aw Jagie艂艂o gave it to S臋dziw贸j Pa艂uka z Szubina. I thought we would be able to go inside to see the palatial interiors but when we arrived we discovered it was now a hotel and museum. Unfortunately the museum was closed and we could only view the outside and surrounding estate but it was a nice day to walk around outside. The town, itself, is small and this palace is the big attraction. I took pictures of the palace, front and back, and the church.

From there we decided to take the small roads to Gniezno and were surprised by the manor house we found on the way to G臋barzewo. The white house has been beautifully restored and is occupied so we couldn't get to close.

Arriving in Gniezno from the back roads we passed a building on the left side being restored as a bank and I saw a fence around the property next to it. I caught a glimpse of a large house and it aroused my curiosity so I went around the block and pulled into the bank parking lot. We parked the car, grabbed my camera and walked to the fence. I could see part of the house, it looked abandoned so I found an opening in the fence and we walked down the path to the house. Sure enough, there was no one living in it, even though the lower floor did have covers on the windows. It had about 2 hectares of land surrounding it and is need of repair but I can imagine a very nice house for someone who could afford to buy and restore it. Anyone want to invest in a nice place to come for vacation:-)? Pictures in the Slideshow on the right side.

We left Gniezno about 3PM, headed back to Pozna艅 and went to the rynek for coffee. There are only 5 outside cafes left standing, the rest have closed down for winter.

Earlier in the morning I met with an acquaintance and she showed me about 600 pictures from her trip to India. She just returned last Friday so I was interested in her opinion of her trip.

Inny mi艂y dzie艅 tak skoczyli艣my dla Czerniejewo, troch臋 miasta blisko Gniezno. To ma pa艂ac tam wbudowywa艂 1771 przez Jana Lipski. Najwcze艣niejsza wzmianka jest w 1284 kiedy miasto jest odniesione do jak Handeslplatz. To by艂o kr贸lewskie posiadanie od tego czasu a偶 do 1386 kiedy Kr贸l W艂adys艂aw Jagie艂艂o da艂 to S臋dziw贸j Pa艂uka z Szubina. My艣la艂em, 偶e mogliby艣my p贸j艣膰 wewn膮trz by zobaczy膰 pa艂acowe wn臋trza ale kiedy przybywali艣my odkrywali艣my, 偶e to by艂o teraz hotel i muzeum. Niestety muzeum by艂o zamkni臋te i mogliby艣my tylko obejrze膰 na zewn膮trz i otaczaj膮cy stan ale to by艂 mi艂y dzie艅 by przej艣膰 si臋 na zewn膮trz. Miasto, siebie, jest ma艂y i ten pa艂ac jest du偶a atrakcja. Zrobi艂em zdj臋cia pa艂acu, przedniego i w ty艂, i ko艣ci贸艂.

Stamt膮d zdecydowali艣my si臋 wzi膮膰 ma艂e drogi do Gniezno i byli艣my zaskoczeni przez dworek znale藕li艣my w drodze do G臋barzewo. Bia艂y dom by艂 pi臋knie przywr贸cony i jest zaj臋ty tak nie mogliby艣my dosta膰 si臋 zamkn膮膰.

Przybywaj膮c do Gniezno od tylnych dr贸g przeszli艣my budynek po lewej strona b臋d膮ca przywr贸cona jak bank i ja zobaczy艂em ogrodzenie dooko艂a w艂asno艣ci obok tego. Rzuci艂em okiem du偶ego domu i to budzi艂o moj膮 ciekawo艣膰 tak poszed艂em dooko艂a bloku i poci膮gn膮艂em do parkingu banku. Zaparkowali艣my samoch贸d, porwali艣my m贸j aparat fotograficzny i chodzili艣my do ogrodzenia. M贸g艂bym zobaczy膰 cz臋艣膰 domu, tego wygl膮dany porzuci艂em tak znalaz艂em otwarcie w ogrodzeniu i zeszli艣my 艣cie偶k臋 do domu. Wedle oczekiwa艅, tam nie by艂 nikt mieszkaj膮cy w tym, nawet gdyby ni偶sza pod艂oga mia艂a okrycia na oknach. To mia艂o oko艂o 2 hektar贸w ziemi otaczaj膮cej to i jest potrzebuje naprawy ale mog臋 wyobrazi膰 sobie bardzo mi艂y dom dla kogo艣, kt贸ry m贸g艂by dostarczy膰 kupi膰 i przywr贸ci膰 to. Kto艣 chc膮 zainwestowa膰 w mi艂ym miejscu by przyj艣膰 dla wakacji:-)? Zdj臋cia w Pokazie slajd贸w na prawa strona.

Zostawili艣my Gniezno o 3PM, poszli艣my w ty艂 do Pozna艅 i poszli艣my do rynek dla kawy. Tam s膮 tylko 5 zewn臋trznych kawiar艅 opuszcza艂y stanie reszta zamykaj膮 od zimy.

Wcze艣niej rano spotka艂em si臋 ze znajomo艣ci膮 i ona pokaza艂a mi oko艂o 600 zdj臋膰 od jej podr贸偶y do Indii. Ona w艂a艣nie zwr贸ci艂a w zesz艂y pi膮tek tak by艂em zainteresowany w jej opinii jej podr贸偶y.