DWORY O FUNKCJACH TURYSTYCZNYCH

There were more than 13 000 manor houses in Poland before 1939. After the second world war the majority of the landed gentry was expelled from its residences which have been looted and heavily devastated. Due to inappropriate new functions and lack of preservation there are now less than 3 000 manor houses, most of which are in an extremely bad technical state. Apparently, the effort to resort to the unique “myth of the Polish manor house” (brimming with symbolic meanings and references to national tradition and history) can be applied in order to offer: a) a chance to rescue hundreds of historical objects, b) an opportunity to enrich the tourist offer in Poland.