The Threat of liquidation of the Polish Museum in Rapperswil (Switzerland)
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Castle Rapperswil seen on old engravings
Castle Rapperswil seen on old engravings
The courtyard of the castle. Featured Columns of Liberty
initially called the "Column of Barska".
At the bottom is the Mausoleum of the Heart of Gen. Tadeusz
Kosciuszko.
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The Entrance to the Mausoleum of the Heart
of Gen. Tadeusz Kosciuszko.
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Here is the present view of the entrance
to the mausleum of Gen. Tadeusz Kosciuszko outlined in red as
it was walled in. Maybe closed off because attracting too many
tourist visiting Rapperswil?
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The interior of the mausoleum
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The Count Wladyslaw Plater, founder of
Museum and the famous Swiss political Dr. Theodor Curti, president
of the City of Raperswil. The author of dissertations and policies
including "The Referendum", "A History of Popular Legislation
in Switzerland" and, "The Right of the Swiss People", "A History
of Switherland in the Nineteenth Century".
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Members of the Board of the National Museum of Rapperswil
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Memorial of Wladyslaw Platera and his wife
Karolina and Henryk Bukowski at the same height of Plater and
Theodor Curti, founders of the Museum.
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One of the Exhibition Halls of the Museum build with Wl. Platera's
own money.
One of the Halls of the Library. The photo of 1895.
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Destroyed in 1952 the Column of Barska,was
restored with Polish - Swiss efforts. Today it is the Piazza
del Castello.
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The current Exhibition Hall.
The current Exhibition Hall.
Rapperswil: The general panorma.
The current photo of the Castle.
Rapperswil on a Polish postal stamp.
Where could Rappperswil have found better advertising and promotion?
The commemorative plaque inserted in the wall of the castle
at
the 100th anniversary of the Museum.
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