during the Second World War, housing cooperatives developed allowing the palace, which had become the town hall, to be converted into a museum. From 1975 to 1998 the town belonged to Kalisz Voivodeship. Sites of interest The Gorzeński Palace and the park are tourist destinations in Dobrzyca. Similar palace designs are in numerous in other places in Poland such as Gołuchów, 20 km east of Dobrzyca, and another at Śmiełów to the north, where a palace was built by the same aristocratic family. Palace The palace of Augustyn Gorzeński, designed by Stanisław Zawadzki, was built between 1795 and 1799. It is early classical architecture, which exhibits some late Baroque style characteristics inside. Externally, it combines traditional structural elements of a Polish aristocratic seat with double wings and Freemason symbolism. In 1940 to 1941, after the evacuation of the countess Czarnecka and her daughters, the palace was used as a grain storehouse, which contributed to the destruction of the parquet floors. In the postwar years the building served as a primary school. In 1988 it was given over to the National Museum; in 1990 it was restored under a public-private partnership. Landscape garden The landscaped park is noteworthy; it was developed at the beginning of the 19th century in the English style. It covers two river courses as well as several ponds and channels. The pavilion represents the Roman Pantheon. On an artificial island, there is a summerhouse and exotic plants, and a monopteros rises from one of the ponds. References External links Official site of Gmina Dobrzyca The Museum: The Palace and Park Complex in Dobrzyca Cities and towns in Greater Poland Voivodeship Palaces in Poland