Lubomirski Palace (Lviv)
The Lubomirski Palace ( Ukrainian Палац Любомирських Palaz Ljubomyrskych ) is a representative baroque building on the market square (Rynok) of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv (Lemberg). It was built as the residence of the Polish Prince Stanisław Lubomirski (1722–1782) and later served as the seat of the governors of the Austrian Crown Land of Galicia .
Emergence
The underlying buildings date partly from the Middle Ages, but partly also from the 16th and 17th centuries. As early as 1744, the two medieval houses were converted into one house by the architect Bernard Meretyn . In 1760 Lubomirski began to buy the surrounding houses and had the architects Jan de Witte , Bernard Meretyn and Martin Urbanik convert them into a single house in the Baroque style. Then a large house (6 windows facing the market, 15 windows facing Ruska Street, 4 windows facing Ivana Fererova Street) with a lush facade decoration in the Rococo style was built. In the main facade (towards the market) a door was preserved, the keystone of which shows the year 1695, and the chimneys have been preserved in parts of the building.
The numerous decorations on the facades, such as pilasters and columns, but also garlands on the windows, were created by the sculptor Sebastian Fessinger, who was also involved in the construction of St. George's Cathedral. There are also two balconies with metal railings on the main facade. On the side facade (towards Ruska Street) you can find various warrior figures and other military images, for example a cannon and armor with a shield. It should be emphasized that the shield shows the initials "SL" of the former owner Stanisław Lubomirski.
Government building
In 1767 the palace became the residence of the Russian general Kretschetnikow and from then on changed hands frequently. In 1772 it became the residence of the first governor of Galicia , whose position was held by nine different men until 1822. In 1822 the governor's residence was moved to another building, and in 1895 the Proswita (“Enlightenment” Society) bought the house.
Proclamation of independence
After the German attack on the Soviet Union , Yaroslav Stezko from the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists - Banderists (OUN-B) read the so-called “Acts of Renewal” from the balcony of the house on June 30, 1941, which proclaimed an independent Ukrainian state. A few days later, however, Stezko, Bandera and other OUN-B activists were arrested by the Gestapo and taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp because the Germans did not want such an independent state.
museum
Today (2012) there is an exhibition of the ethnographic museum in the palace . Old furniture and everyday objects such as porcelain dishes can be seen in it.
Individual evidence
- ^ Thorsten Klute: The Polish Forest Carpathians: Nature and culture in southeastern Poland. Trescher Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-89794-090-6 , p. 156.
- ↑ Ania Klijanienko: Lemberg: The cultural center of Western Ukraine. Trescher Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89794-130-4 , p. 236.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '30.4 " N , 24 ° 1' 59.7" E