The Brodnica Palace in Brodnica is situated approximately 30 km south of Poznan. If driving from Poznan, take the road southwards to the town of Mosina, then continue ahead following the road directions for about 10 km and you will reach the Brodnica Palace. The palace of the Mankowski family in Brodnica was built in 1890 by Waclaw Mankowski and his wife Antonina Chlapowska, the granddaughter of General Dezydery Chlapowski, who was an officer in Napoleon's army and a baron of the French Empire. Built in Renaissance style, the palace is situated in a large landscape park hiding numerous nature phenomena.