4928 x 3264 px | 41,7 x 27,6 cm | 16,4 x 10,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
16 août 2015
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During the period of the Promnic’s family (1548-1765) the castle was gradually converted from a Gothic fortification into a Renaissance stately residence. After 1737 there was a further conversion of the castle into a three wing baroque palace. The Renaissance castle of two floors and galleries, built on a irregular quadrangle plan is known from descriptions found in Duke’s archives, as well as from a renowned map of Andreas Hindenberg dated 1636. The only remaining part of the building is the Gate of Privileged (Brama Wybrańców), which was built in 1687 by Consilio Milius, and which served as a castle guards house. During this period of the tumultuous European history one of the greatest baroque composers, Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767), had a function of a Kapellmeister and an organist in Pszczyna between 1704 and 1707. Since 1979 concerts called “Evenings with Telemann” are organized, where music lovers can spend unforgettable moments listening to his compositions in the Mirror Room (Sala Lustrzana) of the Pszczyna castle. Subsequent freeholders of Pszczyna between 1765 and 1846, the Dukes of Anhalt-Köthen-Pless, transformed a menagerie into a park and raised other buildings. At that period were built: a Pheasantry Palace (Bażantarnia) in Poręb according to the project by Karl Langhans and situated on the border of the pheasantry built in 1792, and a classicistic Ludwikówka built by Wilhelm Push near to the Pszczyna park.