Mostowski Palace
| Mostowski Palace | ||
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 Main facade |
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| Creation time : | 1735 | |
| Castle type : | Palace | |
| Conservation status: | Receive | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 14 '45.3 " N , 20 ° 59' 56.6" E | |
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The Mostowski Palace (Polish: Pałac Mostowskich ) is a classicist palace from the 18th century in Warsaw . It is located on Ulica Nowolipie 2 (pre-war address : Ulica Nowotki 15 or Ulica Przejazd 15 ) in Muranów . Today the Warsaw Police Headquarters are located here.
history
As far as is known, a two-storey rural mansion for the architect Johann Sigmund Deybel von Hammerau was built around 1735 on the site of the present palace . Around 1750 the building was expanded to a palace with wing buildings under the owners Adam Poniński and then Adam Brzostowski. Approximately in 1762, this palace and an adjacent plot was then Jan Hilzen, a voivode of Minsk purchased. Under him, the palace was again considerably expanded - in the baroque style. These building measures continued until the death of the owner in 1767. In the course of the succession, the palace fell in 1795 to a grandson of Hilzen, the castellan of Raciąż , Tadeusz Mostowski. During the 27 years of Mostowski's ownership, the palace became a meeting point for Warsaw's cultural and political elite. In addition to literary and musical salons, Mostowski ran a printing company and publishing house here from 1802, for which he had printing machines brought in from abroad. Works by the poets Jan Kochanowski , Adam Naruszewicz and Julian Ursyn Niemcewicz were published here.
Authority seat
In 1822 Mostowski sold the palace to the government of the Kingdom of Poland . From 1823 to 1824, under the direction of Antonio Corazzi , the property was fundamentally rebuilt in the classicist style into the seat of the Government Commission for Internal Affairs and the Police (Komisji Rządowej Spraw Wewnętrznych i Policji). The facade, designed by Corazzi, is characterized by a monumental central risalit, which is preceded by a portico with a concluding triangular gable on four Corinthian columns. This portico, in turn, rests on a basement level decorated with three arcades . The risalit is decorated with bas-reliefs (probably by Paweł Maliński and Aleksander Jan Konstant Norblin). Fryderyk Chopin is said to have given several concerts here.
After the Polish November Uprising , the palace was used by the Russian army from 1831 . The Polish eagle on the stepped parapet attached to the portico has been removed. In the early days were here Russian imperial glory days consuming celebrated so on 4 May 1834, the majority of the heir Alexander II. At about 1864 here, the formerly in the Warsaw Volyn stationed army barracks Guards Infantry Regiment "Volyn" which is used to 3rd Infantry Guard Division belonged to, barracked.
From 1918 onwards, the palace served as the Warsaw General Staff headquarters ( Dowództwo Okręgu Generalnego Warszawa ), which was renamed in 1921 as Head of Division I. Corps ( Dowództwo Okręgu Korpusu I ). In 1926 and 1927, the building, which had fallen into disrepair during the use of the Russian army, took place under the direction of Aleksander Sygietyński; later various municipal authorities were housed here.
War and Post War
During the attack on Warsaw at the beginning of the Second World War , the northeast wing of the palace was hit by bombs and burned out. During and after the failed Warsaw Uprising , 80% of the palace was destroyed by German units; only the facade remained. As one of the first objects, the palace was rebuilt in 1949 based on designs by Zygmunt Stępiński and Mieczysław Kuzma. It was designated as the seat of the capital city headquarters of the Citizens' Militia ( Komendy Stołecznej Milicji Obywatelskiej ). For this purpose, new cellars were created in which prison cells were set up. The ballroom has been liquidated.
From 2005 to 2006 the building was renovated again and also received new copper roofs. On the portico attic, the eagle from 1823, which was removed by Russian rulers, was reconstructed - albeit without a scepter. Today the palace is the seat of the Warsaw Police Command ( Komenda Stołeczna Policji ).
References and comments
- ↑ according to Tadeusz S. Jaroszewski (see LitVerz) the property was also owned by the Pac family at times
- ↑ according to Tadeusz S. Jaroszewski (see LitVerz) had Hilzen demolish the previous building in order to build the new palace
- ^ Tadeusz Antoni Graf Mostowski (1766–1842) was a Polish writer, politician, publisher and interior minister
- ↑ also referred to as the Government Commission for Internal and Religious Affairs ( Komisja Rządząca Spraw Wewnętrznych i Duchownych )
- ↑ In addition, other authorities were in the building: the General and Hauptkasse Fire Association ( Dyrekcji Generalnej i Kasy Towarzystwa Ogniowego ), the General Directorate of the stable nature ( Dyrekcji Generalnej Stad i Stajen Stadnych ), the theater and event management ( Dyrekcji Teatrów i Wszelkich Widowisk ) the Central Medical Council ( Rady Ogólnej Lekarskiej ), Central Council of Hospital Administration ( Rady Ogólnej Dozorczej Szpitali ) and the Voivodship Commission ( Komisji Województwa Mazowieckiego )
- ↑ Paweł Maliński (1790-1853) was a Polish sculptor and freemason
- ↑ Aleksander Jan Konstanty Norblin (1777–1828) was a Polish sculptor and sculptor
- ↑ possibly even as a child before Mostowski sold the palace
- ↑ Mieczysław Kuzma (1907–1983) was a Polish architect, he worked on the reconstruction of Warsaw after the Second World War
See also
Web links
- Information with a historical illustration at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)
- Warsaw Police Headquarters website
literature
- Julius A. Chroscicki, Andrzej Rottermund: Architectural Atlas of Warsaw. 1st edition. Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 179.
- Tadeusz S. Jaroszewski: Palaces and Residences in Warsaw. Interpress publishing house, Warsaw 1985, ISBN 83-223-2049-3 , p. 94f.