EPITAFIUM DLA GUCINA

• Authors: Fijałkowski Wojciech

Title variants

EN

Epitaph for Gucin

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Gucin, the former filial residence of Wilanów, situated in the southern part of Warsaw near the church of St. Catherine, was founded in 1818–1821 upon the initiative of Stanisław August Potocki, the then owner of the Wilanów estate and an outstanding representative of the Enlightenment in Poland. In 1821–1829, after the death of Stanisław, his wife Aleksandra created in the lower part of the estate a Grove–Monument, commemorating both her husband and his brother, Ignacy Potocki. The Romantic Grove was composed of a stone monument modelled on the Scipio sarcophagus, obelisks and memento stones. Friends of the two Potockis, including renowned professors, political activists and ministers of the Kingdom of Poland, planted numerous trees carrying symbolic messages. In the wake of the loss of state independence, the Grove in Gucin became devastated. The two surviving monuments were transferred to the Romantic part of the palace garden in Wilanów.

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1999
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 127-132

Dates

published

1999

Contributors

author

Fijałkowski Wojciech

References

• L. Majdecki, Gucin–Gaj..., (w:) Rejestr ogrodów polskich, z. 4, Warszawa 1965, s. 23.
• S. Małachowski, Gaj w Gucinie, „Ochrona Zabytków” 1958, nr 1–2, s. 147.
• H. Skimborowicz, W. Gerson, Willanów. Album widoków i pami ątek, Warszawa 1877, s. 179.
• W. Fijałkowski, Gaj — pomnik w Gucinie, „Warszawa” 1991, nr 2, s. 7.

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247