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Portico of Pac Palace

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Portico of Pac Palace

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  • Location: gmina Raczki, powiat augustowski, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

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    June 27, 2025

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    In 1513, the Grodno equerry - Bohdan Hrynkowicz Wołłowicz received a square mile of wilderness from King Sigismund I, along with the obligation to settle it. He built a wooden defensive manor house on the site of today's Dowspuda. It was the oldest known town in this part of the post-Yotvingian lands. Before 1639 - thanks to divisions and family connections - the Dowspuda estate (named after the river) was taken over by the Pac family - a family that had a strong influence on the political and cultural life of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
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    The last heir to the great estate was Ludwik Michał Pac (1778-1835). He came from a poorer side line of the Pac family, and received the estates under a will, after Józef Pac, with whom the "hetman's line" of the family ended. By testament, he received Różanka, Horodyszcze, Wielka Dzitwa, Żyżma, palaces in Grodno and Vilnius (Russian partition) and Dowspuda, Raczki and Mazurki (Prussian partition). He then became one of the richest men in the country.
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    The construction of the magnificent palace in Dowspuda was started by General Ludwik M. Pac in 1820 after his return from Italy. This was connected with the decision to move …
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    Distance 531 m

    Uphill 10 m

    Downhill 10 m

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    Location: gmina Raczki, powiat augustowski, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland

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