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Branicki Palace and garden complex
Branicki Palace (Polish: Pałac Branickich) is a
historical edifice in Białystok, It was developed
on the site of an earlier building in the first
half of the 18th century by Jan Klemens
Branicki,
a
wealthy
Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth hetman, into a residence
suitable for a man whose ambition was to
become king of Poland. The palace complex
with
gardens,
pavilions,
sculptures,
outbuildings and other structures and the city
with churches, city hall and monastery, all
built almost at the same time according to
French models was the reason why the city
was known in the 18th century as
Versailles de la Pologne (Versailles of
Poland) and subsequently Versailles
de la Podlachie
Source text: Wikipedia
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