Krasiński Palace

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Building information
Palace of the Republic
Garden façade.
Town	Warsaw
Country	Poland
Architect	Tylman of Gameren
Construction start date	1677
Completion date	1683
Date demolished	partly 1944
Style	Baroque

Krasiński Palace, 1770. Painting by Bernardo Bellotto.

The Krasiński Palace (Pałac Krasińskich; Pałac Rzeczypospolitej [Palace of the Republic]) is a baroque palace in Warsaw, Poland. It is located on Plac Krasińskich (Krasiński Square).

1 History
2 References
3 Gallery
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

The palace was built in 1677-95 for the Voivode of Płock, Jan Dobrogost Krasiński, according to design by Tylman of Gameren. It was decorated with the pediment reliefs showing the triumph of the legendary “ancestor” of the Ślepowron and Korwin Polish clans, the Roman commander Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and sculptural work, all by Andreas Schlüter.^[1] It had too a profuse baroque decoration inside. The frescoes was made by Jan III Sobieski's court painter Michelangelo Palloni.^[1]

In 1765 the palace was purcheased by the Rzeczpospolita as a seat of Treasury Commission. After the fire in 1783 it was partly rebuilt inside according to Domenico Merlini's design.^[1]

The palace was burned down and demolished by the Germans during the World War II.^[2]^[3] It was later rebuilt. Today it is a part of the Polish National Library's Special Collections Section (Manuscripts and Old Prints) from the Załuski Library (only 5% of former rich collection located in the palace, which was deliberately destroyed by the Germans after collapse of the Warsaw Uprising in October 1944).^[4]^[5]

The building's facade features sculptures by Andreas Schlüter. The decorations inside the building were designed in the 1780s by Domenico Merlini and were restored after World War II.

[edit] References

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^ ^a ^b ^c Warszawa w latach 1526-1795 (Warsaw in 1526-1795), vol. II, edited by Stefan Kieniewicz, Warsaw, 1984, ISBN 8301033231.
^ Krystyna Kreyser, Puls Warszawy, Number 10, August 1998 [1]
^ Warsaw Tour Official Web Portal Warsaw
^ Wanda M. Rudzińska, Straty w zbiorach Gabinetu Rycin Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Warszawie w latach II wojny światowej [2]
^ Rzeczpospolita 02.10.04, Nr 232 [3]