Manor Gate in Milicz

The Manor Gate (also called the Entrance Gate) is a neoclassical single-arched gateway in the form of a triumphal arch, framed by Ionic half-columns and crowned with a triangular pediment. It stands on the axis that once linked the market square with the Maltzan palace, leading from the town to the park and the residence.

On the town side runs the Latin inscription SEMPER BONIS PATET (“Always open to the good”); the palace side bears the Maltzan coat of arms (according to some sources, with a chamberlain's key). In 1813 Tsar Alexander I stayed at the palace on his way to Żmigród to meet the King of Prussia. To commemorate this, the names of three monarchs – Alexander I, Frederick William III and Francis II – were placed on a pillar of the gate, with the addition “Befreier Deutschlands” (liberators of Germany). Sources differ on the date of the gate: around 1800 or around 1815.

The gate was once joined to an adjoining building, which was demolished when national road no. 15 was built; today it serves as a pedestrian passage. In December 2025 the municipality completed its conservation and the installation of lighting (approx. 141,000 zł, mostly from the Polski Ład programme) – in the evening the arch is illuminated.

The gate stands at the junction of ul. Zamkowa and ul. Cicha, a few minutes' walk from the market square; beyond it begins the park with the palace and the castle ruins.