My travel - Wilanow Palace

in wilanow •  8 years ago 

Palace royal in Warsaw in Wilanow Royal , Baroque , built between 1681-1696 for King Jan III Sobieski and Maria Kazimiera designed by Augustine Locci , the side wings were added in the years 1723-1729. It houses the Museum of the Palace of King John III of Wilanow .

In 1994 the palace complex in Wilanow Royal with Morysin was declared a historical monument .

The palace and the surrounding park and the buildings kept unchanged form of architectural, historic and artistic interest, despite the partitions, wars and occupation.

The palace and park are also a place for cultural events, concerts and meetings. The most famous events include: Summer Royal Concerts in the Rose Garden and the International Summer Academy of Early Music.

The architecture of the palace is the original - is the effect of combination of European art from the old Polish tradition of construction. Preserved interior painting and sculptural facades and interiors of the palace, which is in reference to the ancient symbolism proclaims apotheosis of the family Sobieski and glorification of the military successes of the king.

The decor of stucco and painting of the palace is the work of such artists as Joseph Simon Bellotti , Jerzy Siemiginowski-Eleuter , Michelangelo Palloni , Claude Callot , Jan Reisner (picture of plafond Dawn in the Cabinet mirror), John Samuel Mock (images of Augustus II the Strong in the Cabinet Dutch). Decorations in rolls façade made ​​Francesco Fumo . Ornamentation regency (20s and 30s in the eighteenth century.) Is the work of Pietro Innocente Comperetiego . The sculpture cabinet is a native of south-east. Polish (Pulawy) family of sculptors working for the Lubomirski - Elijah Hofmann .

Initially, in the years 1677-1680 was a typical suburban baronial mansion in the shape of Polish manor house with alcoves . The expansion project and decoration entrusted probably Tylman Gameren . The management works took Augustyn Locci .

In the years 1692-1696 the central part of the palace received the second floor, and the towers of the palace topped with a copper helmets. The shape 1696 represents the characteristic type of baroque mansion suburban entre cour et jardin . In the years 1720-1728 was built wings (Designer: Giovanni Spazzio - main architect Elizabeth's Lubomirski Sieniawska ).

After the death of Sobieski in 1696, the palace was owned by his sons, but as a result of the conflict of succession that followed, the palace has been completely stripped of equipment and any belongings - windows, doors, fireplaces, etc.

In 1720, the youngest son of the king, Constantine , sold the palace Elizabeth Sieniawska , which in subsequent years expanded the palace, including adding wings. After the death of Elizabeth in 1729. Heiress was her daughter, Maria Zofia Denhoff, later the wife of the governor of the Russian Prince Augustus Czartoryski . This gave the palace a lifetime lease (ie. To 1733), successor of John III, King Augustus II the Strong . Another heir was their daughter, Isabella Lubomirska , and acting extensively in the field of art enriched the palace with many works of art and raised in the courtyard new buildings.

In 1799. He became the owner of her son-in, Stanislaw Kostka Potocki . On his initiative in 1805 in a part of the palace was founded one of the first public museums in Poland. In addition to presenting the rich art collections of European and Far East, the central part of the palace dedicated to the memory of John III and glorious national past.

In 1892 the palace passed into the hands of Xavier Branicki and stayed in the lineage to 1945. The last owner was Adam Branicki .

May 14, 1926, during the May coup , Stanislaw Wojciechowski signed in the palace of resignation from the post of the President of the Polish Republic . In 1938, the palace born actress, from the family of Count Beata Tyszkiewicz [ needed footnote ] .

Seized after the last war the property of the state, after extensive restoration work and revaluation and the recovery of a large part of the harvest deported by the Germans, it was made available to the public in 1962.

Since 1995, the palace and the team palace and park manages the Palace Museum, King John III in Wilanów (2013 bearing the name of Wilanow Palace Museum ). In 2004, the renovation was carried out with the help of the Norwegian financial contribution to the association EEAGrants along with other treasures (the castle in Malbork and Cracow cloth hall).


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