Działyński Palace
| Działyński Palace | ||
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 View of the palace from the west. The central projection with its triangular gable is clearly recognizable |
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| Creation time : | 1714 | |
| Castle type : | palace | |
| Conservation status: | Reconstructed | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 14 '39.4 " N , 20 ° 59' 51.6" E | |
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The Działyński Palace , a former magnate 's residence , is located in Warsaw at Aleja Solidarności 74a (formerly Ulica Mylna 13 ). In the Muranów district, which was built on the ruins of the former ghetto after the war , it is one of the few rebuilt buildings. In the immediate vicinity are the Evangelical Reformed Church ( Kościół Ewangelicko-Reformowany ) and the Warsaw Chamber Opera ( Warszawska Opera Kameralna ). Today there are offices in the building.
history
Originally a 17th century mansion of the Leszczyński family stood here . In 1714 the Potocki family took over the property and had a small new building built here with side pavilions. Presumably under Wincenty Potocki, the main house with these pavilions was connected to the elongated building that exists today at the beginning of the 1760s. From around 1785 to 1788 the interior was then rebuilt under Chrystian Piotr Aigner for Stanisław Kostka Potocki . This also resulted in an adaptation to an early classicist style on the outside . In 1789 the palace was owned by the banker Piotr Blank. From 1790 to 1820 it belonged to the Działyński family . Ignacy Działyński set up his library here and kept his art collections in the building. To prepare for the Kościuszko uprising , its organizers met in the palace.
In the 19th century it served as the seat of a Masonic lodge . After several changes of ownership, the palace belonged to the Evangelical Reformed community from 1823. In 1828, a voivodship school for practical pedagogy ( Szkoła Wojewódzka Praktyczno-Pedagogiczna ) was opened here, with Tomasz Dziekoński as its director. Later the second Warsaw grammar school was housed here, which was also attended by Karol Levittoux (to whom a memorial plaque is dedicated today). In 1869 the women's hostel “Konradi” existed here.
The palace burned down during the Warsaw Uprising in 1944. It was rebuilt in 1957 as a youth culture home with modified furnishings and is now used as an office building.
See also
References and comments
- ^ Probably based on a design by Johann Sigmund Deybel von Hammerau
- ↑ Piotr Blank (1742–1797) was a Warsaw banker and financial advisor to the Polish King Stanisław August Poniatowski until 1784. He came from a family of French Huguenots who had emigrated to Berlin in the 16th century. Another palace in his possession was the Blank Palace
- ↑ Ignacy Erazm Działyński (1754-1797) was a Polish aristocrat and officer who was involved in the planning of the Kościuszko uprising
- ↑ Karol Levittoux (1820–1841) was the son of a French non-commissioned officer who immigrated to Poland. He was a Polish independence fighter. who burned himself to death in Pavilion X of the Warsaw Citadel
- ↑ According to other information, the reconstruction took place from 1948 to 1952
Web links
- Historical photo and short info at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)
literature
- Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 208