Attractions and Places To See around Sterdyń - Top 20

Niewiadoma Reservoir

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There are benches by the reservoir where you can rest. There are beaches and piers as well as shelters to shelter from the rain. People bathe in the reservoir.

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Ossoliński Palace in Sterdyń

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All thanks to the idea of making the oval palace courtyard the centre, the shape of which is repeated by the arched, ground-floor annexes covered with gable roofs. The sections of the wall connecting the annexes with the corps de logis also adapt to the oval shape. This layout was most probably created in the years 1797–1806 on the initiative of Stanisław Ossoliński according to the designs of Jakub Kubicki (1758–1833), a renowned architect, the author of, among others, the palace in Młochów, the Warsaw Belweder and the city tollgates, as well as the author of the reconstruction of the Castle and the former annex in Radziejowice. Kubicki did not erect the Sterdyń layout ex nihilo. The body of the palace retained the shape of the seat built most probably in the 1680s for Jerzy Ossoliński. The two-story, central projection on both sides, higher by a mezzanine storey and topped with a triangular pediment, covered with a hipped roof, was in line with the classicizing Baroque of Tylman van Gameren (Gamerski). There is a clear resemblance to the beautiful Gniński palace designed by Gamerski on Tamka Street in Warsaw. However, was Gamerski the author of the Sterdyń palace project? There is no direct evidence for this. Kubicki added architectural detail – blind balustrades under the windows, segmental cornices and pediments above the windows; he covered the lower storey with rustication, added a column portico on the axis, consisting of two pairs of Doric columns supporting a small balcony, and built a large belvedere with high walls pierced with semicircular openings. He completely changed the silhouette of the Sterdyń palace and gave the building a character of severe classicism, which we encounter in a slightly different version in the palace in Młochów. Perhaps the inspiration for this unusual form was the belvedere of the Łazienki in Warsaw. After all, their author Dominik Merlini was once Kubicki's teacher, so why shouldn't he have reached for the model of one of his master's most outstanding works? The interiors of the palace retained their original seventeenth-century layout with a ceremonial staircase and bel-étage on the first floor. However, the rooms received a completely new painterly decor. The walls and ceilings were covered with grotesque-floral motifs, oak branches tied with ribbons, and sphinxes and griffins appeared in antithetical poses next to vases and tripods. One of the rooms on the first floor deserves special attention, where among the grotesque decoration with depictions of Apollo and the Muses in medallions and winged figures holding cornucopias there were rectangular panels with sentimental-romantic landscapes. The fashion for sentimental-romantic landscapes forced them not only to be painted on the walls of rural residences, such as Sterdyń, Mała Wieś or Rybienko, but also to materialize in Siedlce Aleksandria, Nieborów Arkadia, in the parks of Jabłonna, Powązki and Mokotów.

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New bridge over the Bug River in Granne.

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New bridge over the Bug river, connecting Granne (Podlaskie Voivodeship) with Krzemień Wieś (Masovian Voivodeship), with a wide pedestrian-bicycle path and additional "viewing bays" with benches and a roof.

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Graves of Home Army Soldiers in Kiełpiniec Parish Cemetery

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The Parish Cemetery contains the graves of heroes who fought during World War II and those who died fighting against the communist authorities after 1945.

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June 22, 2026, Museum of Agriculture in Ciechanowiec

Contrary to what Google says, you can enter the museum grounds with a bicycle. I emphasize: enter, not ride in.

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November 11, 2025, Nowy most na rzece Bug w Granne.

The newly built bridge over the Bug River in Granne. A pedestrian and bicycle path runs across the bridge, and there are also four covered benches overlooking the river.

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September 12, 2025, Nowy most na rzece Bug w Granne.

Benches and garbage cans have been placed under the canopies. You can rest and dispose of your trash.🗑️

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September 11, 2025, Nowy most na rzece Bug w Granne.

Already open.

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August 18, 2025, Museum of Agriculture in Ciechanowiec

Entrance to the grounds is after purchasing tickets. The ticket office is opposite the gate. Parking, restrooms, and a souvenir shop are located nearby.

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