Palace of the Treasurer
| Palace of the Treasurer | ||
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 Main facade |
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| Creation time : | 1825 | |
| Castle type : | palace | |
| Conservation status: | Reconstructed | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 14 '33.2 " N , 21 ° 0' 6.3" E | |
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The Palace of the Minister of the Treasury (Polish: Pałac Ministra Skarbu , also Pałac Ministrów ), also called Wiśniowiecki Palace , is located at Plac Bankowy 3 in Warsaw . Today it is the seat of the Warsaw City Council and the Lord Mayor. The building has been a listed building since July 1, 1965 (No. 468).
history
The building was erected between 1825 and 1830 according to a design by Corazzi in the style of the Italian Renaissance . Before this was the residence of the Wiśniowiecki family and later that of the Ogińskis , which was extensively rebuilt. The palace was intended for the then Finance Minister for Congress Poland , Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki , as well as senior ministerial officials. Neighboring objects are the Palace of the Government Commission for Income and Finance as well as the former stock exchange and national bank building of the city of Warsaw. The palace was rebuilt again in the 19th century and subsequently housed a girls' high school. Under the direction of Marian Lalewicz , the building was renovated and redesigned around 1920 for the neighboring Ministry of Finance. The palace was destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising . Rebuilt from 1950 to 1954 under Piotr Biegański for the Presidium of the People's Council of the capital Warsaw , it is currently the seat of the Warsaw City Administration (Polish: Urzędu miasta stołecznego Warszawy ). A monument by Felix Edmundowitsch Dzerzhinsky (design: Zbigniew Dunajewski) erected in front of the palace in 1951 was removed in 1989 after the political change . In place of the fallen Dzerzhinsky monument, a Juliusz Słowacki monument was unveiled in 2001, based on a design by Edward Wittig from 1932. In the portico on the ground floor there is a memorial plaque in memory of Corazzi (on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death on April 26, 1977) and to commemorate the deliberations of the Polish Jacobin Club, which were held in 1794 in the Ogińskis Palace.
architecture
The palace has a structure that is unique in Warsaw and is characterized by large terraces. Corazzi designed it on the model of Italian Renaissance villas. It consists of a three-storey, rectangular core building from which a mighty, stepped central projection protrudes to Plac Bankowy . There are short two-story wings on the sides. A continuous colonnade connects the front sides of the building parts reaching the square and thus closes off the courtyard. The ensemble is characterized by perfect proportions.
See also
Web links
- Information with a historical illustration at Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish)
literature
- Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 62
- Discover Małgorzata Danecka, Thorsten Hoppe, Warsaw. Tours through the Polish capital , Trescher Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89794-116-8 , Berlin 2008, p. 128
- Tadeusz S. Jaroszewski, Palaces and Residences in Warsaw , Interpress Publishing House, ISBN 83-223-2049-3 , Warsaw 1985, p. 86 ff.
- Janina Rukowska, Travel Guide Warsaw and Surroundings , 3rd edition, ISBN 83-217-2380-2 , Sport i Turystyka, Warsaw 1982, p. 59