Potocki Palace, Warsaw

Potocki Palace (Polish: Pałac Potockich, Polish pronunciation: [pɔˈtɔt͡skʲi]), is a large baroque palace in Warsaw located at Krakowskie Przedmieście Street 15, directly opposite the Presidential Palace. It was originally built for Denhoff family and succeeded by Potocki family in the end of 18th century. After World War II the seat of the Ministry of Culture and Art (Ministerstwo Kultury i Sztuki). Nowadays - the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego).

For other uses, see Potocki Palace (disambiguation).
Potocki Palace
Pałac Potockich (in Polish)
Street façade.
General information
Architectural styleRococo and neoclassical (corps de logis)
Town or cityWarsaw
CountryPoland
Construction started1693
Completed1766
Demolished1944
Design and construction
Architect(s)Szymon Bogumił Zug (1790)

History

The original building that stood where the palace now stands was burned down by Swedish and Brandenburgian forces during the Swedish Deluge in the 1650s.[1] The new one was commissioned by Ernest Denhoff and construction started in 1693 under the architect Giovanni Pioli. From 1731 it belonged to August Aleksander Czartoryski.

Potocki Palace in 1762
Inner courtyard

Under the Czartoryski family, the palace underwent several renovations. In 1760 the building façade was refashioned and new alcove outbuildings and two wings facing the street were added, finished with storeyed pavilions with mansard roofs based on plans by Jakub Fontana. Between them a guard-house was erected (1763) with sculptures by Sebastian Zeisl and two gates on each side. The layout is shaped like a horseshoe, with a central part and two side wings. The building was set back from the street by a courtyard, protected by a wrought-iron fence with a gate. The fence was designed in the neorococo style by Leandro Marconi.

Pałac Potockich was torn down in 1944 by the Germans after the collapse of the Warsaw Uprising.[2] It was rebuilt after the war in 1948-1950 according to a design by Jan Zachwatowicz.

See also
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References
  1. "Pałac Potockich". www.ewarszawa.com (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
  2. "Pałac Potockich". www.warszawa1939.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2009-03-29.
General:
  1. Stefan Kieniewicz, ed. (1984). Warszawa w latach 1526-1795 (in Polish). Warsaw. ISBN 83-01033-23-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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