In many towns all over Poland, buildings of schools, nurseries, kindergartens and community centres are like monuments. They are often damaged and need repairs. Today we announced the Government Monument Reconstruction Programme, which is the answer to these needs. Local government units will be able to apply for co-financing from the state budget, e.g. for the renovation of historic buildings - up to PLN 3.5 million.

Government Monument Restoration Programme

Local government units may apply for funding for the protection and care of monuments. The co-financing is granted in the maximum amount of 98% of the investment value, and the minimum own contribution is 2%.

Each local authority may submit a maximum of 10 applications in three categories:

•    up to 150 000 PLN;
•    up to 500 000 PLN;
•    do 3 500 000 PLN

The funds can be used for conservation and restoration works as well as construction works. Local government may allocate them directly to monuments under its care or to grant a local government subsidy for such works.

Culture connects the past and future

The Government Monument Reconstruction Program was announced by Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Piotr Gliński, who both drew attention to the need to care for culture. The initiative aims to restore the former splendour of monuments, and thus support development in the area of culture and in local communities.
The Head of the Polish Government emphasised that working on monuments was not only something that connected the past with the present and the future but also an investment in the local economy, as monuments are also public buildings.

”Often, monuments are the pride of local communities. They can be a magnet attracting tourists to familiarise  themselves with the local culture of a given region. There is nothing more important than culture, which creates this living space for the whole society, for the whole nation”, the Prime Minister Morawiecki pointed out.

”Today, we are entering the next stage of bold development in the area of culture, which will serve us all - to strengthen our identity and community, and for the beauty of Poland” underlined Deputy Prime Minister Gliński.

Caring for national pearls

This is not the only programme that supports the protection of monuments. Since 2016, we have allocated a total of nearly PLN 790 million of grants under the “Protection of Monuments” programme to over 4,000 projects. Thanks to the funds from the programme, each year it is possible to save valuable monuments from small rural and urban centres, many of which are in a disastrous condition.

Thanks to government support, the "Milusin" manor house, which is part of the Józef Piłsudski Museum in Sulejówek, has also regained its former glory. It was in this Museum that the new programme was announced.

”I remember many monuments, still undamaged in the 1990s, now falling into disrepair. Even this, the Manor House of Marshal Józef Piłsudski, given to him not so long ago, was falling into disrepair. We talked about how to maintain this fabric, which is our national treasure, our national pearl, how to restore its former glory. Today we hand it over to the Polish nation, into the hands of those to whom this pearl truly belongs” concluded Prime Minister Morawiecki.