16 April 2023 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General
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Łęknica is a
border town in western
Poland, one of the two
gminas of
Żary County in
Lubusz Voivodeship.
Muskau Park (
Park Mużakowski), a Polish-German
World Heritage Site, stretches north of the town centre.
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14 January 2022 | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage
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Muskau Park (
German:
Muskauer Park, officially:
Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau;
Polish:
Park Mużakowski) is a
landscape park in the
Upper Lusatia region of
Germany and
Poland. It is the largest and one of the most famous English gardens in Central Europe, stretching along both sides of the German–Polish border on the
Lusatian Neisse. The park was laid out from 1815 onwards at the behest of
Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau (1785–1871), centered on his
Schloss Muskau residence.
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