The story
Iwonicz's mineral waters are recorded in 1413, and the place is named as a spa in "Cieplice," published in 1578 by Wojciech Oczko, court physician to King Stefan Batory — which is why Iwonicz is counted among Poland's oldest spas and the oldest in the Subcarpathian region. Popular in the 17th century, it declined through the 18th and was revived in the 19th by the Załuski counts, with Karol Teofil Załuski credited as founder of the modern resort; they built the first bath house and guest villas in a landscaped park. The Stary Pałac, once called the Larch Palace, is the oldest surviving building — a two-storey late-Classical summer residence designed by Amelia Załuska, and dated variously to 1837 or 1838. The resort's character comes from its ensemble of 19th- and early-20th-century timber spa architecture in the Swiss style. The Bełkotka spring nearby bubbles with natural gas. About 5 km west of Rymanów.
Everything that was here
- 1837–present · still open
The Old Palace, Iwonicz-Zdrój (Stary Pałac)Resort
A wooden Swiss-style spa town whose healing springs were being written about four decades before Shakespeare was born.
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Nearby history
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Villa Opatrzność (Willa Opatrzność)
Church of St Stanislaus the Bishop (Kościół św. Stanisława Biskupa)
The Guest House (Dworzec Gościnny)
Rymanów-Zdrój Spa (Uzdrowisko Rymanów-Zdrój)
Villa Leliwa (Willa Leliwa)
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