Historical View

The origins of Nawojowa village date back to the year 1320, when it was founded as a feudal village by the Krakow Castellan Nawoj bearing the “Topór” (“Hatchet”) coat of arms. In the 16th century, it belonged to Piotr Nawojowski, who built a brick manor here in the years 1580-1590. Later, the estate was purchased by Grzegorz Branicki. In 1601, he in turn sold it to the Lubomirski family, who owned it until 1713. Later, its owners changed several times, until in 1799 it finally became the property of Count Franciszek Stadnicki of the “Szreniawa” coat of arms. His descendants developed the estate and transformed it into their family residence.

During World War II, the occupying forces stationed in the palace and in 1945 the estate of the Stadnicki family was taken over by the State.

Since 1982 it had been the seat of the National Animal Farming Technical Secondary School and more recently – the Agricultural Counselling Centre of Małopolska and the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture.

The image depicts Count Franciszek Stadnicki, 18th century, and a photo of the coat of arms of the Stadnicki family – Szreniawa.

Historical View

The origins of Nawojowa village date back to the year 1320, when it was founded as a feudal village by the Krakow Castellan Nawoj bearing the “Topór” (“Hatchet”) coat of arms. In the 16th century, it belonged to Piotr Nawojowski, who built a brick manor here in the years 1580-1590. Later, the estate was purchased by Grzegorz Branicki. In 1601, he in turn sold it to the Lubomirski family, who owned it until 1713. Later, its owners changed several times, until in 1799 it finally became the property of Count Franciszek Stadnicki of the “Szreniawa” coat of arms. His descendants developed the estate and transformed it into their family residence.

During World War II, the occupying forces stationed in the palace and in 1945 the estate of the Stadnicki family was taken over by the State.

Since 1982 it had been the seat of the National Animal Farming Technical Secondary School and more recently – the Agricultural Counselling Centre of Małopolska and the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture.

The image depicts Count Franciszek Stadnicki, 18th century, and a photo of the coat of arms of the Stadnicki family – Szreniawa.

The Palace Nowadays

Currently, the palace consists of three sections. The first one is the main building, which was originally detached. It is also the oldest part (16th century). It has very thick walls. There are barrel vaults with lunettes in the cellar and ground floor, as well as Renaissance and neogothic door and window frames. Over the first floor in the Northern rooms there are polychromic ceilings with imagery that depicts romantic landscapes, in form of friezes with medallions (polychromic paintings – 19th century). Some of the rooms have decorative wooden parquet floors, interesting door and window woodwork and beautifully decorated white tiled stoves (19th century).

Design Assumptions

The Future

The aim of the revitalisation and adaptation programme for the Stadnicki Palace in Nawojowa is to restore the former glory of the historical site. The main objective of the programme is to establish a House of Creative Work that will enable the development of cultural and scientific activities. One of its most important tasks will be the organisation of both local and international scientific conferences and seminars, meetings of artists, open-air painting projects, as well as literary workshops. The guiding idea is to restore a unique place that used to host prominent personalities from the cultural, scientific and political world. Revitalisation will allow the Stadnicki Palace to return to the cultural map of Poland and of the world.

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The future

The aim of the revitalisation and adaptation programme for the Stadnicki Palace in Nawojowa is to restore the former glory of the historical site. The main objective of the programme is to establish a House of Creative Work that will enable the development of cultural and scientific activities. One of its most important tasks will be the organisation of both local and international scientific conferences and seminars, meetings of artists, open-air painting projects, as well as literary workshops.

The guiding idea is to restore a unique place that used to host prominent personalities from the cultural, scientific and political world. Revitalisation will allow the Stadnicki Palace to return to the cultural map of Poland and of the world.

The guiding idea is to restore a unique place that used to host prominent personalities from the cultural, scientific and political world. Revitalisation will allow the Stadnicki Palace to return to the cultural map of Poland and of the world.