Kosava Castle

The Puslowski palace at Kosava was built from around 1838 in a romantic neo-Gothic manner, a long symmetrical range with twelve towers said to stand for the months of the year and over a hundred rooms, set in a park with terraces and ponds. It was stripped in the nineteenth century, damaged in the First World War and burned in the Second, and stood as a roofless shell for decades. Reconstruction began in the 2000s and has progressed in stages, with parts of the building reroofed and opened while others remain shells, so what a visitor sees depends on when they come. The manor house where Tadeusz Kosciuszko was born stands nearby, rebuilt as a museum.

What you actually see

• The towered facade - the long neo-Gothic front with its turrets.
• Reconstruction in stages - restored rooms alongside remaining shells.
• The park - the terraces and ponds around the palace.
• The Kosciuszko house - the reconstructed birthplace museum nearby.

When to go

May to September for the park and the fullest access; opening depends on which sections are complete, so check before travelling. Winter hours are reduced.

Honest expectations

The building is a work in progress and much of it remains unrestored and closed. What is finished is new work rather than original fabric. Interpretation is limited. The park is only partly recovered.

Nearby

Ruzhany palace lies northeast; Ivatsevichy is northeast on the highway.