Lyntupy. Bishevsky estate.

The Bishevsky estate in Lyntupy is a former master's palace and an architectural monument of the late 19th century. From 1854 to 1939, the town of Lyntupy was owned by the noble landowners Bishevsky.

A story about unrequited love is connected with the construction of the estate in Lyntupy. Mr. Jozef Biszewski was madly in love with the French actress. Jozef asked her to marry him, but she said that she would not reciprocate until he built a luxurious palace. To celebrate, the landowner turned to the then famous architect Tadeusz Rastorovsky. In 1907, a magnificent snow-white two-story palace in the eclectic style was built according to Rasvorovsky’s project.

The palace is asymmetrical, has 2 floors, the main dominant feature is the corner three-story tower, quadrangular in plan. The main entrance is complemented by a veranda with 6 columns and 2 corner pilasters of the Doric order. At the same time, the roof of the veranda serves as a balcony, where 4 pilasters are installed, recessed into the facade, already of the Corinthian order. The windows of the estate are framed with platbands, on the second floor you can see sandriks , on the first floor the platbands are supplemented with a keystone. The first floor is completely rusticated, and on the second floor the rustication is visible in the corners.

A lot of effort and resources were spent on the construction of the castle. Each room in the palace was unique in its own way, unlike the others - everything shone with wealth and original decor. In the numerous halls of the castle, guests of Józef Biszewski relaxed and had fun, who compared the palace with an Italian villa. The luxurious building had a well-thought-out sewerage system and central heating.

Next to Bishevsky's master's house, outbuildings, a warehouse, an arched bridge and a brick temple were erected in the same style. The territory of the estate was supplemented with a granite staircase and marble sculptures. The luxurious estate was located on an island, among dug ponds, which were connected by canals. A wonderful park of rare trees and bushes was laid out around the palace, and beautiful gazebos were installed. An amphitheater was built in the park, where musical evenings were often organized for the gentry and peasants. The master's palace had two exits - to the pond and to the park. However, the capricious Frenchwoman did not appreciate the efforts of Jozef Biszewski and did not keep her promise, and the upset landowner remained a bachelor. He himself did not live in the palace, but huddled nearby in a wooden house. Guests often came to the castle and held noisy parties there.

With the outbreak of World War II, Bishevsky was forced to flee the family estate. It was rumored that he hid his valuables somewhere in the palace, so in subsequent years treasure hunters literally took the estate apart piece by piece, but never found anything. Later, the palace housed a distillery, and then for some time a school.

The Bishevsky estate in Lyntupy stood abandoned for a long time, began to quickly collapse, and was overgrown with trees and bushes. In 2010, a private company bought the site with the ruins, and restoration work is now underway there. In the future, it is planned to open a hotel or tourist recreation center on the territory of the former master's estate.