Frederic Chopin in Żelazowa Wola
The series about historical places of opera art & culture. Get to know exciting excursion and travel ideas for opera lovers. This time: Frederic Chopin in Żelazowa Wola.
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Frederic Chopin in Żelazowa Wola
Chopin was born here in 1810, the son of a Frenchman and a Polish woman. Father and mother worked as tutor and governess respectively for a noble family and lived in a side wing. The family moved to Warsaw in the same year, where the father had taken up a new position.
TO THE COMPLETE BIOGRAPHY OF CHOPIN
Destination Chopin Museum
The main house fell victim to a fire and the side wing of the Chopins had an eventful history. It functioned as a warehouse, a military hospital, and was even occupied by Germans during the Second World War. It was bought by a Chopin society in 1928 and rebuilt as a mansion, no longer showing the modest outbuilding that the Chopins inhabited.
The interior furnishings were lost during World War II and were subsequently restocked with 19th century items to recreate the atmosphere of that century. Some of Chopin’s memorabilia are displayed, but overall it is more of a tribute than a museum. A music hall where music is regularly performed, a beautiful park and 2 sculptures complete the property.
Chopin-musuem:
A look inside the museum:
https://muzeum.nifc.pl/en/muzeum/wizyta-informacje-miejsce/
Destination Chopin’s baptistery St. Rochus in Brochow
Chopin was baptized in this church. It is idyllically situated on a small river, 11 km from Żelazowa Wola and was built in the 16th century as a part of the fortification architecture. It was severely damaged (the interior was devastated) during the First World War, when the little river was a front section.
St. Rochus:
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