Szymon Bogumił Zug

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Romanticist stone arch in the garden of Arkadia

Zug's Protestant Church in Warsaw

Szymon Bogumił Zug, born Simon Gottlieb Zug (February 20, 1733 – August 11, 1807) and also known as Zugk, was a renowned Polish-German classicist architect and designer of gardens. Born in Merseburg in Saxony, he spent most of his life in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, where in 1768 he was ennobled.

One of the most versatile and prolific architects of his epoch, Zug was the author of several dozen projects of palaces and churches. As a garden designer he represented an early romanticist style. Among the most notable buildings designed by Zug are:

Lutheran Holy Trinity Church in Warsaw, also known simply as Zug's Church (1777-1782)
Natolin palace (1780-1782)
Młociny palace (1786)
Blank's Palace (Polish: Pałac Blanka; 1762-1764)
Poniatowski's palace (1772)

Zug also supervised the refurbishment of Warsaw Arsenal, designed the romanticist ruins in the garden of Arkadia near Łowicz. He died in Warsaw.