Kossovsky Palace and Park Complex
Kossovo village has been known since 1494, when the Lithuanian Grand Duke Alexander Jagielonczyk gave these lands to Marshal Jan Hreptovich.
For several centuries the owners of Kossovo were distinguished dynasties: Hreptovich, Sanguszko, Flemming, Czartoryski, Sapieha. In 1821 the estate was bought by Wojciech Puslowski. He founded a carpet factory in Kossovo, built or restored about 60 churches in the neighborhood. After Wojciech, the estate was inherited by his son Vandalin Puslowski — a major industrialist and art lover. It was he who in 1838 started the construction of a luxurious palace in Kossovo. The Kossovsky Palace is unique in its own way. The building consists of a central two-story building and two side wings, and thanks to its faceted crenellated towers it is often called a miniature castle.
Each tower symbolized a month of the year, with the 4 central towers — in honor of the harvest months of May, June, July and August — being the tallest.
There are more than 100 rooms in the palace, and not a single passageway.
The Kossovsky Palace was famous for its luxurious halls: in the White Hall the guests danced at noisy balls, in the Black Hall they played cards, in the Pink Hall they played music.
The beauty of the Kossovsky Palace frozen in stone still impresses and attracts travelers. After years of neglect, this "miniature castle" with 12 towers symbolizing the months of the year is once again welcoming visitors. A major restoration is still underway, but it is still possible to appreciate the beauty of the palace and stroll through the halls, which are waiting for a return to their former splendor.
The temporary exposition is now housed in five halls. In the hall there is a story about the local area, which is famous for other attractions (among them, for example, the nearby manor house of Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a hero of several countries). The White Hall is dedicated to the family history of the former owners of Kossovo — Count Puslowski. Two more halls are about the events of the past century and modern reconstruction. The fifth hall became an exhibition hall.
