Magnate
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A magnate was a man from the higher nobility, a man who belonged to the high office-holders, or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities in Western Christian countries sinc
Jan Zamoyski, an important 16th-century Polish magnate
Taczanowski
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Taczanowski is the surname of a Polish szlachta family from Poznań bearing the Jastrzębiec coat of arms and the motto: Plus penser que dire. They took their name from their estate Taczanów in the 15th
Taczanow Palace, Poland (late 18th century; expansions in 1853-57 and 1922)
Choryń Manor, Poland (late 18th century)
Podrzecze Castle, near Gostyń, Poland (nineteenth century)
Grave of Warsaw Uprising Home Army officer Hubert Taczanowski (1924–1944)