Former estate Augustovo description and photo - Belarus: Grodno (Topic)

Former estate Augustovo description and photo - Belarus: Grodno. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photos and a map showing the nearest significant objects.

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The former estate of Augustow is a small royal residence, built for Stanislav-August Poniatowski in 1782. For the construction of the estate, the then fashionable Italian architect Giuseppa Sacco was invited, who had already built several amazing country residences for the king. The king, famous for his lovingness, used this elegant house in the suburban estate Augustow for amorous dates.

After the Rzeczpospolita became part of the Russian Empire, Catherine II presented this chic gift to General Count Mauritius de Lasy as awards for victories in the Russian-Turkish war. The honored general liked the Augustovo estate so much that he moved to it forever. After de Lacy's death, a will was drawn up in favor of his nephew Patrick O'Brien de Lacy. The young man took possession of the estate in 1820 and became the soul of the local noble society, mastering two languages: Russian and Polish.

The chapel (rotunda chapel) in Augustow was built as a family burial vault. Count Mauritius de Lacy was the first to be buried in it. The main altar contained the image of the Mother of God, and on the sides - the apostles Peter and Paul. Now it is a functioning Catholic chapel of Saints Peter and Paul.

During the First World War, during the hostilities, in 1915 the building of the Augustovo estate burned down and the O'Brien de Lacy family moved to the building of the old tavern. It was built in 1792 and brought the family a good income.

The building of an old tavern has survived to our time,

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