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Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

A monumental 15 m × 114 m cycloramic painting depicting the Batlle of Raclawice, during the Kosciuszko Uprising. All photos are COPYRIGHT and PROPERTY of Rafal K. Komierowski. May 2013

Fragment from painting presenting -the Battle of Raclawice- located in famous Rotunda. Painted by Wojciech Kossak and well known in USA Jan Styka (the Hall of the Crucifixion at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in LA) must be viewed by any visitor

The painting is one of only a few preserved relics of a genre of 19th century mass culture, and the oldest in Poland located in this structure called Rotunda. Wroclaw, Poland

Detailed information in Polish language...Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

The panorama stands in a circular fashion and, with the viewer in the center, presents different scenes at various viewing angles.

The battle was fought on 4 April 1794 between the insurrectionist force of regulars and peasant volunteers -bearing homemade scythes- under Kosciuszko (1746–1817) himself and the Russian army commanded by General Alexander Tormasov

The huge panorama painting was executed within 9 months, between August 1893 and May 1894. The official opening was on 5 June 1894.

My great grandfather Zdzislaw Marchwicki was a major organizer and vice president of the Lwow National Exhibition in 1894 who invited the renowned painters: Jan Styka, Wojciech Kossak and others.....

The project was conceived as a patriotic manifestation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the victorious Battle of Raclawice, a famous episode of the Kosciuszko Insurrection, a heroic but ultimately failed attempt to defend Polish independence

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland

Raclawice Panorama (Panorama Raclawicka) at Rotunda, Wroclaw, Poland