Czarnolas, Zwoleń County
Czarnolas | |
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Village | |
The Kochanowski Museum | |
| Coordinates: 51°25′43″N 21°42′11″E / 51.42861°N 21.70306°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| County | Zwoleń |
| Gmina | Policzna |
Czarnolas [t͡ʂarˈnɔlas] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Policzna, within Zwoleń County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Zwoleń and 100 km (62 mi) south-east of Warsaw.
Czarnolas is famous as the residence of the Polish Renaissance poet, Jan Kochanowski. Today the village hosts the Jan Kochanowski Museum in Czarnolas. opened in 1961.
The village's name translates to "blackwood" or "black forest".