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Forget boxes of chocolates, bouquets of roses or even diamond rings -
how about wowing your loved one with a gift measuring 150 hectares,
complete with grottoes, water features and an entire town's worth of architectural
follies? That was the grandiose way one 18th-century Polish magnate chose to
express adoration for his wife, Sofia, and the legacy of his devotion is this amaz-
ing landscaped park intended to resemble the countryside of Sofia's native land.
Her response - an affair with his son.
