Branicki Palace, Warsaw

Coordinates: 52°14′49″N 21°0′41″E / 52.24694°N 21.01139°E / 52.24694; 21.01139
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Branicki Palace
Pałac Branickich w Warszawie (in Polish)
Map
General information
Architectural styleRococo
Town or cityWarsaw
CountryPoland
Construction started1740
Completed1753[1]
Demolished1940s[2]
ClientJan Klemens Branicki
Design and construction
Architect(s)Johann Sigmund Deybel
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated1994-09-08
Part ofWarsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów
Reference no.M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 423[3]

The Branicki Palace (

Miodowa
Streets.

History

The Palace is one of three with the same name in Warsaw. This particular Branicki Palace is on

Nowy Świat Street
and Na Skarpie Avenue).

Countess Izabella Poniatowska

The original building that stood where the palace now stands was a 17th-century mansion of the Sapieha family sold in the beginning of the 18th century to Stefan Mikołaj Branicki.[4] This led to the current palace, built in 1740 by Johann Sigmund Deybel for Grand Crown Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki. Jan Henryk Klemm (1743), Jakub Fontana (1750) and sculptor Jan Chryzostom Redler also participated in the construction.

The now

cour d'honneur, a symmetrical courtyard set apart in this way, at which the honored visitors arrived. The façades were balanced with admirable rococo decoration and rooftop windows.[5] The main entrance was decorated with a portico of four columns with sculptures on the top. The interiors were decorated in the rococo style by Johann Sigmund Deybel and Jakub Fontana. Later, a pavilion called "Buduar" was added to the south wing at the back.[6]

The Branicki Palace previously had been called the Mrs Krakowska Palace, because after Branicki's death the property was inherited by his beautiful wife

Enlightenment in Poland.[4]

Shortly afterwards the Branicki Palace was sold in 1804 to the general Józef Niemojewski. The new owner improved the palace - two side outbuildings were added to the palace complex in 1804-1808 by architect Fryderyk Albert Lessel.[4] From 1817 the palace was inhabited by the Stanisław Sołtyk.

During the Second World War, the estate was badly damaged (it was burned down in 1939 and demolished by the Germans during the Occupation of Poland),[4] but after the war it was completely restored. It was rebuilt in 1967, based on paintings by Bernardo Bellotto,[7][8] and now houses Warsaw City Hall.

Images

  • Miodowa Street by Bernardo Bellotto
    Miodowa Street by Bernardo Bellotto
  • Ruins of the Branicki Palace in Warsaw, 1945
    Ruins of the Branicki Palace in Warsaw, 1945
  • The east wing of the palace
    The east wing of the palace
  • The west wing of the palace
    The west wing of the palace
  • The palace elevation
    The palace elevation
  • The palace gate
    The palace gate
  • Architectural details of the palace
    Architectural details of the palace

See also

References

In-line:
  1. ^ "Pałac Branickich". Wieżowce Warszawy (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  2. ^ "Warszawa oskarża". ojczyzna.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  3. ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P. z 1994 r. Nr 50, poz. 423
  4. ^ a b c d "Pałac Branickich". naszemiasto.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2008-02-17.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^
    ISBN 83-01-03323-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
    )
  6. ^ "Skarby rokokowej Warszawy". swiadectwo (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2016-04-14. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  7. ^ Penelope Fitzgerald (1989-10-29). "How an Artist's Vision Became Ours". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
  8. ^ "Pałac Branickich na ulicy Podwale". ewarszawa.com (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2008-03-11. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
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