Composers / Fryderyk Chopin / Routes
Trasa Mazovia
Chopin had a very special connection with Mazovia. He was born there, educated there and matured there as an artist. Chopin’s parents made sure that their son spent as much time as possible out of the city when he was not in school. Żelazowa Wola was the family’s second home during the first few years after moving to Warsaw. The literature contains several detailed records of Chopin’s visits to his birthplace. Chopin stayed at Żelazowa Wola in the summer of 1823. He is also known to have spent Christmas 1825 and New Year 1826 there with his sister Ludwika. Chopin went to Żelazowa Wola again – for the last time - in the summer of 1830. He wanted to join his family, who were already staying there, after visiting his best friend Tytus Woyciechowski in Poturzyn.
It would seem that whenever he visited the Skarbek estate, Chopin would travel to Sochaczew and also to Brochów, a parish with which the two families had close ties.
Brochów is another important Mazovian locality connected with Chopin. The composer was baptised in the local church – the same church in which his sister Ludwika was later married to Kalasanty Jędrzejewicz.
Mazovia also had its share of country manors, and the Chopins maintained close ties with the families that owned them. Chopin is known to have visited the Pruszaks in Sanniki and the Zboińskis in Kowalewo during his holidays. These places brought him into contact with the local folklore, as well as the culture of the nobility.
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Castle Square. (creative commons)
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Castle Square. Phot. Adrian Grycuk.
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Cathedral in Płock. Phot. Krzysztof & Maria Różański. (creative commons)
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Chopin baptistry in church in Brochów. Katolicka Agencja Informacyjna.
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Chopin monument and manor. Phot. Krzysztof Wojciechowski.
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Chopin monument. Phot. Czeslaw Czapliński.
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Chopin monument. Phot. from Chopin 2010 Celebration Office archive.
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Chopin monument. Phot. Małgorzata Byczkowska.
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Chopin monument. Phot. Małgorzata Byczkowska.
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Chopin obelisk. Phot. Małgorzata Byczkowska.
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‘Chopins Concert’, Feliks Michał Wygrzywalski. Masovian Museum.
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Church of St John the Baptist in Brochów. Phot. Andrzej Bagiński.
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Church of St John the Baptist in Brochów. Phot. from Chopin 2010 Celebration Office archive.
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Church of St John the Baptist in Brochów. Phot. from Chopin 2010 Celebration Office archive.
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Church of St. Joseph. Phot. Andrzej Maćkiewicz.
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Church of the Holy Trinity. Phot. Czesław Czapliński.
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Interior of church in Brochów. Phot. Tomasz Dejterowski.
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Interior of the Church of the Holy Trinity. Phot. Czesław Czapliński.
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Interior of the manor, new exhibition. Phot. Waldemar Kielichowski.
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Interior of the manor. Phot. Małgorzata Byczkowska.
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Krakowskie Przedmieście Street. Phot. Jorge Láscar.
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Manor house from XVIII century. Phot. Andrzej Maćkiewicz.
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Market in Sochaczew (creative commons)
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Memorial plaque. Phot. Krzysztof Zagajewski.
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Płock Castle. (creative commons)
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Royal Castle. Phot. Mateusz Polkowski.
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Ruins of the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia in Sochaczew before revitalisation.
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Ruins of the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia in Sochaczew before revitalisation.
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Saint Hedwig of Silesia Church in Milanówek. Phot. Ewa Dryjanska.
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Sanniki Palace. Phot. from Chopin 2010 Celebration Office archive.
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Statule of Fryderyk Chopin. Phot. Andrzej Maćkiewicz.
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Tumskie Hill, Adolf Kozarski in: ”Tygodnik Ilustrowany”, 1863, No. 179, p. 81.
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Tumskie Hill. (creative commons)
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Zboiński Manor in Kowalewo. Phot. Monika Pszczółkowska.
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Żelazowa Wola manor. Phot. Małgorzata Byczkowska.
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Żelazowa Wola manor. Phot. Małgorzata Byczkowska.
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Fryderyk Chopin – Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 [WN 14] (1827) – Janusz Olejniczak (piano Erard, 1849), NIFCCD011, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Mazurka in B flat major [WN 7] (1826) – Ewa Pobłocka (piano Pleyel, 1848), NIFCCD015, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Mazurka in C major, Op. 68 No. 1 [WN 24] (before 1830) – Tatiana Shebanova (piano Erard, 1849), NIFCCD018, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Mazurka in G major [WN 8] (1826) – Ewa Pobłocka (piano Pleyel, 1848), NIFCCD015, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
Fryderyk Chopin – Nocturne in E minor, Op. 72` (1827?–1839) – Janusz Olejniczak (piano Erard, 1849), NIFCCD008, (C)(P) The Fryderyk Chopin Institute
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Sochaczew county, Mazovia voivodeship
Płock county, Mazovia voivodeship
Mazovia voivodeship
Presbytery of St Jadwiga (Hedwig) parish church in Milanówek »
41 Kościuszki Street
Sierpc county, Mazovia voivodeship
Gostynin county, Mazovia voivodeship
Mazovia voivodeship
Mazovia voivodeship
Sochaczew county, Mazovia voivodeship