Symonowicz Palace
| Symonowicz Palace | ||
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 Rear facade |
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| Creation time : | before 1762 | |
| Castle type : | Palace | |
| Conservation status: | Reconstructed | |
| Place: | Warsaw | |
| Geographical location | 52 ° 13 '39.8 " N , 21 ° 2' 29.1" E | |
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The Symonowicz Palace in Warsaw is a baroque residence in the Powiśle district . The listed palace was built in the mid-18th century, played a strategic role during World War II and is now used as a kindergarten. The building has been renovated and has the address Ulica Solec 37. It is located about 80 meters west of the Vistula and is separated from it by the six-lane Vistula Expressway.
history
The building date, owner and architect of the palace are unknown. The palace is shown on the map of Warsaw by the French engineer Pierre Ricaud de Tirregaille from 1762. In the Warsaw registry of 1770, a Simon de Symonowicz is named as the owner of the property. Symonowicz belonged to a family from Armenia . He was the owner of estates in the Sandomierz area and a wine merchant; he was ennobled in 1768. After Symonowicz, Józef Niedziałkowski, the starost of Długołęka, became the owner of the palace; he sold it in 1788 - presumably to the Lazarowicz family. At that time, the property consisted of a warehouse, stables, coach houses , outbuildings and a brewery in addition to the residence . As a result, the owners changed and the palace began to deteriorate in the 19th century.
Second World War
During the Warsaw Uprising in September 1944, the palace was at the center of bitter fighting between German troops and the Polish Home Army and the Polish People's Army . The AK divisions of the 9th Infantry Regiment deployed here under Lieutenant Colonel "Radoslaw" (pseudonym) and the units of the storm battalion "Czwartaki" (1st Battalion ), which were crossed from the east bank of the Vistula and landed at the Czerniaków port on the night of September 15-16. Battalion of the 9th Regiment of the Polish 3rd Infantry Division) were able to hold a jointly formed bridgehead here until September 22nd. The centrally located palace served as a hospital. It was badly damaged after the war.
In 1951 the building for the city district library was renovated. The Kindergarten (Przedszkole) No. 122 is currently located here. The property was extensively restored in 2010. An information board on the building refers to the legend "Anusia von Powiśle", according to which Stanislaus II August Poniatowski was a regular guest in the building, which was then a guesthouse, to meet the beautiful Anusia before his coronation.
architecture
The two-story palace stands on a rectangular floor plan. The front facing the Vistula (i.e. the east) is provided with a central projection. Its gable triangle bears a heraldic cartouche . Under a five-pointed crown in the oval is a coat of arms crowned with two knight's helmets, in which two doves can be seen at the top, two rings at the bottom and a heart in the middle on two horizontal lines. On the front there are also two narrow, accessible corner projections, which - almost side wings - protrude around two meters and are provided with their own roof. The facade is decorated in late baroque style, the corner projections show echoes of the Renaissance . On the west side of the garden there is a central risalit without a gable triangle.
References and comments
- ↑ Possibly also written Szymonowicz, according to Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 205
- ↑ according to Julius A. Chroscicki and Andrzej Rottermund, Architectural Atlas of Warsaw , 1st edition, Arkady, Warsaw 1978, p. 205
See also
literature
- Tadeusz S. Jaroszewski, Palaces and Residences in Warsaw , Interpress Publishing, ISBN 83-223-2049-3 , Warsaw 1985, pp. 149f.
Web links
- Kindergarten website (in Polish)