what a gorgeous place....I would want it back too.
http://www.wilanow-palac.art.pl/index.php?id=343&menuid=136
They may be making a mistake: this is a hugely costly undertaking. The governments of Slovakia and the Czech Republic are actively begging the descendants of former palace owners to come back home and get their castles and palaces. The governments don’t want to pay to maintain these white elephants. They’re beautiful, but vastly expensive to maintain; even governments can’t afford them.
Screw Branicki’s... the most famous Branicki was a traitor, a pro-Russian Tzar bastard, and a creator of Konfederacja Targowicka... the case should be simple here... all estates of traitors should be confiscated...