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Today photos of one of the Polish manors - manor in Lopuszna (village near Zakopane near Gorce mountains). The hause was built in 1790 by former confederate of Bar -Romuald Lisicki. For some time manor belongs to Leon Przerwa-Tetmajer - uncle of famous Polish Writer Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer. Till World War II manor was property of Lgocki family, but after 1945 the estate shared the fate of many other manors and was taken over by the Treasury. This almost led Lopuszna to ruin, but in 70'th the manor was taken over by the Tatra Museum and restored.

Majestic and dignified manor towered above the fields and forests. It was often surrounded by wide park, which separated the house from the surrounding villages. Polish manor, like churches and oligarch residences, took great part in landscape creating in Poland. Even till now the Polish manor is one of the most characteristic feature of Polish architecture.

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