Henryk Palace
| Henryk Palace | ||
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 The six-column portico defines the facade on Nowy Świat Boulevard |
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| Creation time : | after 1800 | |
| Castle type : | palace | |
| Conservation status: | Reconstructed | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 11 '41.4 " N , 21 ° 1' 30.3" E | |
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The Henryk Palace (also known as the Fanshawe Palace , Polish: Pałac na Henrykowie , Pałac Henryków or Pałac Fanshawów ) is located in the Mokotów district of Warsaw on 107a Puławska Street . The classical , listed building dates from the 19th century and is now used as the elegant headquarters of a well-known Polish cosmetics company.
history
At the beginning of the 19th century, the French immigrant Henryk Bonnet acquired a piece of land near what was then the village of Wierzbno. There he built a manor house in which he lived. The area was named Henryków after him and in 1916 it was incorporated into the Warsaw district of Mokotów. A daughter of Bonnets, Louisa Bonnet de Belon (1802–1876) married the British Baron George Fanshawe (1789–1867), a chamberlain and officer of the Russian army stationed in Congress Poland , in 1824 . The building passed to the couple in the 1830s and under Fanshawe the property was expanded into a small palace in 1850; Henryk Marconi is believed to be the architect . The two-storey building stands on a rectangular floor plan (approx. 20 × 15 meters), has a wide central projectile with a triangular gable on the entrance side and a four-pillar, recessed portico on the garden facade , which carries a balcony.
At the turn of the 20th century, the palace fell to August Potocki as part of a succession , who, however, never lived here himself, but made the palace available to less wealthy relatives as a residence. After Poland regained its independence after the First World War , the palace initially housed a children's hospital and later accommodation for Polish officers. During the Second World War , aristocrats who fled the East found living space here. As the war continued, the roof and the upper floor were damaged. The reconstruction took place between 1951 and 1952. A general renovation was then carried out in 2001. Today the palace is used by the Dr Irena Eris company .
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to genealog. Family tree of General George Fanshawe ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at Community Trees ( Family Search )
Web links
- Information about the palace at KlimatWarszawy.pl (in Polish)
- Info about the palace on the website of the company Dr Irena Eris (in English)
literature
- Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund: Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 193