Pałac Potockich

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Building information
Potocki Palace
Decorative palace fence
Town	Warsaw
Country	Poland
Architect	Szymon Bogumił Zug (1790)
Construction start date	1693
Completion date	1766
Date demolished	1944
Style	Neoclassical (corps de logis)

Potocki Palace (Polish: Pałac Potockich), 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.

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

[edit] History

The original building that stood where the palace now stands was burned down by Sweds and Germans of Brandenburg in 1650s.^[1] The new one was commissioned by Ernest Denhoff and construction started in 1693 under the architect Giovanni Pioli. From 1731 it belongs to August Aleksander Czartoryski.

Under the Czartoryski family, the palace underwent several renovations. In 1760 the building façade was refashioned. Also new alcove outbuildings and two wings facing the street, finished with a storeyed pavillons with mansard roofs were established. All this according to 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 collapse of the Warsaw Uprising.^[2] It was rebuilt after the war in 1948-1950 according to design by Jan Zachwatowicz.^[1]