Walewice | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Total Type: | |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Voivodeship |
Subdivision Name1: | Łódź |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Łowicz |
Subdivision Type3: | Gmina |
Subdivision Name3: | Bielawy |
Coordinates: | 52.1036°N 19.6675°W |
Pushpin Map: | Poland |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Walewice is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Bielawy, within Łowicz County, Łódź Voivodeship, in central Poland, on the Bzura River.[1] It lies approximately 19km (12miles) west of Łowicz and 390NaN0 north of the regional capital Łódź.
It is the site of a 19th-century palace that belonged to Anastazy Colonna-Walewski, who was chamberlain of King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski. Walewice attracts tourists because Napoleon Bonaparte had a love affair with Countess Walewska, who bore their son, Alexandre Walewski, at the palace in Walewice.