Dom Pod Królami
| Palais Dom Pod Królami | ||
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.jpg) Front view |
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| Creation time : | 1621 | |
| Castle type : | palace | |
| Conservation status: | Reconstructed | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 14 '43.4 " N , 21 ° 0' 27.2" E | |
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The Dom Pod Królami Palace (also called Daniłowicz Palace ) in Warsaw's inner city district was built in the 1620s. Since the beginning of the 20th century, the building has been known as the “House of Kings” because of the busts of Polish rulers integrated into the facade . Today the building at 2 Hipoteczna Street is the seat of the Polish copyright organization ZAiKS .
history
The small palace was built around 1621 by order of the Crown Treasurer, Mikołaj Daniłowicz from Żurowa, as his residence. In 1660 the Jesuits of the Masovian Province bought the property.
Załuski Library
In 1736 it passed into the possession of the Bishop and Grand Chancellor of the Polish Crown, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski , who housed the book collection of his brother Józef Andrzej Załuski here . On August 8, 1747, the Załuski Public Library was opened. An observatory was set up on a small tower on the roof . The library existed here until 1795, then after the collapse of the Kościuszko uprising, it was confiscated in the name of Tsarina Catherine II and, on her orders, brought to the Tsar's library in St. Petersburg .
In 1807 the building burned down; it was largely destroyed and rebuilt. In the 19th century the owner was Stanislaw Nowakowski. In 1824 Nowakowski discovered busts of Polish rulers in the cellar. After completing the missing kings, he had them inserted into the outer walls of the building - as a kind of frieze. It was about the Polish rulers from Władysław IV. Wasa to Duke Friedrich August I. Later the bust of Friedrich August I, who had given up his claim to the Polish throne at the Congress of Vienna , was removed again and replaced by a statue of the Virgin Mary. The house has been given its current name since 1900 because of these (40) busts. Before that, the name "Daniłowicz Palace" was common.
Second World War
The palace was badly damaged during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. As part of the reconstruction in the years 1960 to 1962, the wing buildings were restored in an older version (on the front with two instead of three floors and with decorative towers in the corners). Today the building houses the central headquarters of the ZAiKS.
References and comments
- ↑ Different sources name different construction times between 1616 and 1624
- ↑ a b according to Information Ciekawe miejsca w Polsce, Warszawa, Dom pod Królami at PolskaNiezwykla.pl (in Polish)
See also
Web links
- Information about the palace on the website of the City of Warsaw (in Polish)