Otwock Wielki: Baroque Bielińskis' Palace and the Heritage of the Urzecze Region

Otwock Wielki, a village in Masovian Voivodeship near Warsaw, is best known for the baroque Bielińskis' palace, considered one of the finest examples of that architectural style in Poland. The village lies in the picturesque Middle Vistula Valley, within the unique Urzecze ethnographic microregion, whose inhabitants developed their own distinct traditions and customs over centuries.