Rapa, Poland
Rapa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  Poland |
| Voivodeship | Warmian-Masurian |
| County | Gołdap |
| Gmina | Banie Mazurskie |
Rapa [ˈrapa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Banie Mazurskie, within Gołdap County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) north of Banie Mazurskie, 20 km (12 mi) west of Gołdap, and 116 km (72 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.
Village existed in the early seventeenth century. In 1750, the owner Jacob John Hoffmann built a palace, taken in 1793 by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm von Fahrenheid. Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia).
Fahrenheid's Pyramide
In 1811 in Rapa was built a mausoleum of a Fahrenheid's family, designed by sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. The building is shaped like a pyramid with a height of 15.9 meters inspired by the architecture of ancient Egypt. Body buried family members were mummified. In 1945 mausoleum was devastated by the Red Army soldiers.[2]
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54°19′09″N 22°00′48″E / 54.3192°N 22.0133°E
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