A Napoleonic trail is to be set up in western Poland, linking over twenty localities, most of them connected with prominent Poles who fought in the Emperor’s army.

The sites along the trail include Witaszyce, which boasts Poland’s only private Museum of the Napoleonic Wars with a collection of over 10,000 model soldiers and two dioramas depicting the battles of Raszyn (1809) and Waterloo (1815).

The Basilica in Święta Góra is said to be where Jerome Bonaparte, the Emperor’s brother, stayed in 1806.

The trail is also to include the localities of Lafajetowo (its name deriving from a member of the Napoleonic campaign, Marie Joseph de La Fayette), the Castle in Rydzyna, once belonging to Napoleon’s aide Sułkowski, the palace in Turwia, former property of Napoleon’s personal adjutant general Dezydery Chłapowski, and the cemetery of Napoleonic soldiers in Bachorzewo.

85 percent of the cost of the project is to be covered from EU funds. (mk/jb)

Source: PAP