Attractions and Places To See around Żyrardów - Top 20

wonderful place, I highly recommend it

Actually, there are two chapels, both rebuilt. The originals were stolen, and one even burned down; their tangled history is described on a plaque nearby.

There's a large tree growing by the café behind the palace. I remember it being a rare species, and I think it's a Ginkgo biloba. Such a specimen is unique in Poland. It might be a tulip tree, though. I can't remember exactly, but I think someone might be interested in this tree, especially if they're as interested in plants and trees as she is.

An old roadside chapel with a cool history

The Filip de Girard Linen Museum is one of the most interesting places cultivating the linen traditions of Żyrardów, illustrating the history of the linen industry in Poland. It is located in one of the factory halls of the former Bielnik, which was once part of the production complex of the Żyrardów factory. The nature of the exhibition makes it the only facility of its kind in Mazovia and one of the few in the country, worthy of the attention of Polish and foreign tourists. The monumental post-industrial spaces of the Linen Museum in Żyrardów are closely linked to the over 180-year-old tradition of the linen industry. The building once housed a branch of the printing house of the Żyrardów Linen Plant, which by the end of the 19th century had become the most powerful linen factory in Europe at that time, and its products were known and appreciated all over the world. The building housing the Museum is a historic building, part of the 19th-century factory settlement in Żyrardów, recognised as a historical monument, i.e. the highest form of monument protection in Poland. The Filip de Girard Linen Museum Filip de Girard in Żyrardów evokes the memory of the times when the Żyrardów factory was working at full steam, employing from 5 to 9 thousand workers. The exhibition consists of several dozen historic machines, constituting a complete technological sequence, presenting the most important elements of the process of processing textile raw material and fabric production. Most of the machines come from the 1970s and 1980s, but the collection also includes unique exhibits from the beginning of the 20th century. The exhibition of machines is complemented by a permanent exhibition ,,Żyrardów. The city woven with linen”, which consists of large-format prints of archival photographs of textile machines, information presenters, and multimedia devices. The aim of the facility is to conduct scientific-research and cultural-educational activities in the field of the history of linen, the history of the linen industry in Poland and the history of the city of Żyrardów. The current offer of the Museum is a starting point for further work archiving and documenting the history of the Żyrardów factory. Due to the nature and type of activity conducted, the Museum is a unique attraction for tourists from Poland and Europe. The lack of a similar museum facility in Mazovia, combined with a modern form of presentation, is the main reason to visit this place.

The Rawka River Nature Reserve, located in the Łódź province, covers 97 km of the naturally meandering Rawka River and adjacent areas with a total area of ​​approximately 487 ha. It is one of the few reserves in Poland protecting the entire length of the river from its source to its mouth, along with the lower sections of tributaries and oxbow lakes. For road cyclists, the asphalt routes in the vicinity of Bolimów and Skierniewice are attractive, offering picturesque views of the river valley. It is worth remembering, however, that some sections may lead through roads with a poorer surface, so it is recommended to plan the route in advance. The reserve also offers the opportunity to observe a variety of fauna and flora, which makes it an interesting place for cycling trips combined with admiring nature.

The "Rokita" reserve is a reserve whose main subject of protection is a fragment of the natural, deeply incised valley of the Rokita River with valuable forest communities. The "Rokita" nature reserve is located in the Skierniewice commune, in the Skierniewice district, on the area managed by the Skierniewice Forest District, the Ruda Forest District, as well as the lands of the State Treasury - the mouth section of the Rokita River. Its area is 14.47 ha, the buffer zone area: 58.18 ha. The Rokita River is a right-hand tributary of the Rawka and currently only periodically carries water, usually only in early spring, after thaws or after heavy, long-lasting rainfall. Most of the time, the valley, which in places reaches even 7 m in depth, remains dry. Water appears in its source section, where increased activity of the European beaver Castor fiber is observed.

The current palace was built between the tower and the early Baroque palace (currently non-existent) and received its current form at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries after a classicist reconstruction carried out by Kazimierz Krasiński, the Crown Campiander, according to the design of Jakub Kubicki. At that time, a columned porch with a terrace in front of the main entrance was also built. The expansion of the palace complex was later continued by Józef Wawrzyniec Krasiński, who created a landscape park around the palace that exists to this day and rebuilt the small castle in the neo-Gothic style, which is the remains of the former Radziejowski tower. Over the following decades, Radziejowice was visited by people of culture, including Juliusz Kossak, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Lucjan Rydel, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Józef Chełmoński, Stanisław Masłowski.