Arrival in Zakopane is an excellent idea to spend not only summer or winter vacation , but even weekend , preferably with family or friends. Walking along the city's central promenade, the Krupówki , other attractions are worth noting, that Zakopane and its surroundings offer to tourists , including the opportunity to visit a number of interesting museums. These include Jan Kasprowicz Museum housed in Willi Harenda , which once belonged to English painter Winifrid Cooper.
It is worth taking care of beforehand accommodation in Zakopane , giving the opportunity to sightseeing in the city and other places , you can, among other things, rent rooms in hotels and pensions , apartments, cottages in Zakopane i cheap accommodation in private accommodation , for every budget.
Zakopane has always attracted many famous Polish artists , it is worth mentioning here, for example Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Karol Szymanowski, or Kornel Makuszyński , who fell in love with the highland atmosphere of this city . He also created in it one of the leading Representatives of Young Poland, a literary trend from the early 20th century , poet, author of dramas and theater reviews, translator of well-known works of European literature, professor at Lviv University, Jan Kasprowicz . He was the author of such poems as"Bush of the wild rose", whether"Book of the Poor"
Jan Kasprowicz visited Zakopane regularly, until in 1923 he decided to settle permanently in Podhale and bought a villa in Harenda , a beautiful historic house standing Halfway between Zakopane and Poronin and lived in it with his wife Maria. The villa was built in 1920 by Jan Fudala-Kluś, in the Zakopane style, modeled after a highlander's cottage with a vestibule on the axis of the entrance, and the entrance itself leads through a veranda. The villa is with a so-called black room, housing a dining room and a lounge, and a white room, where a bedroom was placed. In addition to these rooms, the house also has a usable attic, unfortunately currently unavailable to the public.
Willa Kasprowicza na Harenda very quickly became center of cultural life of Zakopane , a meeting place for many well-known figures of the time, frequented among others Kornel Makuszyński, Stefan Żeromski, Zofia Nałkowska, or another outstanding Polish poet, Leopold Staff. Here and in the cafes of Zakopane held long discussions on the veranda in summer decorated with Kasprowicz's favorite nasturtiums.
After the poet's death, On the initiative of Maria Kasprowiczowa and his friends , erected in front of the villa granite mausoleum of Jan Kasprowicz, designed by Karol Stryjeński . When it was completed in 1933, his ashes were moved to it, and Maria Kasprowiczowa rests in the chapel located here. House on Harenda was transformed into the Harenda Museum in 1950 and can be visited Tuesday through Sunday, from 10:15 am to 3:15 pm.
Biographical Museum of Jan Kasprowicz , next to which the granite mausoleum still stands, attracts thousands of visitors every year, and is run by a specially established Association of Friends of Jan Kasprowicz's Works . The largest number of exhibits on display was donated by Maria Kasprowiczowa, who died in 1968 , Most valuable memorabilia of the poet are displayed in several rooms, including the lounge and bedroom.
We can watch numerous highland glass paintings collected by Jan Kasprowicz, original furniture made in Lviv and its death mask taken by the highland artist Stanislaw Gąsienica. We will also see an interesting gallery of paintings by Wladyslaw Jarocki, Kasprowicz's son-in-law, and works by sculptor Jan Szczepkowski. Also worth seeing Museum of Zakopane Style , Karol Szymanowski Museum , Museum of Kornel Makuszynski and such attractions as Morskie Oko , Giewont , Gubalowka or Kasprowy Wierch .
Villa Harenda is Jan Kasprowicz's home, built in 1920, bought by the poet three years later and inhabited by him until the end of his life. After his death, they metThere, members of Zakopane's artistic community, including Stanislaw Witkiewicz and Witold Gombrowicz. It now houses a museum dedicated to the life and work of Kasprowicz, created on the initiative of his wife Maria. Visitors can see the living room, bedrooms and dining rooms, where items of daily use, paintings and part of the book collection are gathered.
23.04.2009
