Szymon Bogumił Zug
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Szymon Bogumił Zug (born Simon Gottlieb Zug, also known as Zugk; 1733-1807) was a renown Polish classicist architect and designer of gardens. Born in Merseburg in Saxony, he spent most of his life in Poland, where in 1768 he was nobilitated.
One of the most versatile and prolific architects of his epoch, he 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)
He also supervised the refurbishment of Warsaw Arsenal, designed the romanticist ruins in the garden of Arkadia near Łowicz.
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