Zespół myśliwski Julin
Facts and practical information
Julin - forest area and palace complex, located in the village of Wydrze in Rakszawa municipality.
The hunting palace was built by the second Ordynat of Łańcut - Alfred Potocki. In 1845 a grange and a small settlement Julcin, or Julin, were established in honour of Countess Julia. The construction of the complex was finished in 1880. In 1923 waterworks was established and in 1925 power plant was built. The complex consists of: a hunting lodge, a servants' house called "the director's lodge" or "the adjunct lodge", a kitchen building and an icehouse. Since 1996 the complex has been used by the Castle Museum in Lancut.
The chateau is built in the Tyrolean-Swiss style from larch amphibians. The walls are not boarded, only the corners are boarded vertically. It was built on a projection similar to the letter "T". Partially two-floor, in the northern and southern section it is single-storied and covered with a complicated roof consisting of several gable roofs over particular parts of the building. The roof has decorative chimneys and a turret-belvedere. The architectural decorations have survived: openwork window and door frames, window headers, decorative gables, balconies, balustrades and roof eaves. Inside, there is rich décor: window and door frames, wood panelling, decorative ceilings, stoves and fireplaces, wrought-iron balustrades, library closets.
Near the palace there is a Horse Riding Center and a forest seed plantation of the Forestry Commission Lezajsk.