Problematyka konserwatorska świątyni Sybilli w Puławach

• Authors: Matławski Wojciech

Title variants

EN

PROBLEMS OF THE CONSERVATION OF SIBYL’S TEMPLE AT PUŁAWY

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

It is generally thought that the archetype of Sibyl’s temple at Puławy (a copy of Sibylline’s temple at Tivoli) was chosen by Princess Izabella Czartoryska, who commissioned Oh. P. Aigner to do design works. When designing the tempie, Aigner put its front opposite the palace. In order to give it the look of monumentalism and to put it into a fine perspective, the temple was situated on the edge of the upper terrace of the park. Building works were commenced in 17-98 and completed in 1801. The building is a two-storey structure, covered with a flattened copula. The lower floor is built in brick, originally plastered outside, with a brick weft painted on th e plaster. In the middle of this tier there stands a marble obelisk to honour Prince J. Poniatowski. On the pillars and in the recesses of the courtyard there could be seen symbolic trophy shields. Designs of the shields (9 altogether), drawn on the pillars, were uncovered during conservation works. The upper tier surrounded by 19 columns rests on the beaming with the framing decorated with bucranium and garlands o f flowers. The by -w a y is decorated with caissons filled with two kinds of rosettes. The interior of the upper tier executed on the plane of the circle, covered with a copula decorated with caissons with empty spaces and resting on the framing ornamented with gryphons and candelabra, was covered in th e skylight evenly with sligh tly convex glass. The conceptual idea of the first Polish historical and national museum is contained in the inscription put over the door: ’’The Past — for the Future”. A progressive destruction of Sibyl’s temple began already in the second half of the 19th century. In 1869 the inscription ’’The Past — for the Future” was removed upon the order of the invader. In 1887 a further deterioration in the condition of the structure was noted and in 1914, according to ’’Ilustrowany Tygodnik” (Illustrated Weekly) the building was in a lamentable condition. In 1920 a glass panel covering the skylight fell down, which brought about damping of the building, worsened by an irregular water system adjacent to the temple’s site. The first repair works on the temple were done in 1950—1951 and then in 1958. In 1968 a Lublin’s branch office of the Enterprise for the Conservation of Art commenced repair and conservation works. The works, which lasted nearly 12 years, covered: — the preparation of scientific and historical documentation — the preparation of an inventory list for conservation purposes — the full protection of the building against damping — the conservation of the outside walls — the conservation of plasters and the interiors — the repair of the floors — the arrangement of the area surrounding the temple.

Keywords

PL

konserwacja świątyni Sybilli; świątynia Sybilli w Puławach; Puławy

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1983
• Issue: 1-2
• Pages: 63-69

Dates

published

1983

Contributors

author

Matławski Wojciech

• mgr, PP PKZ — Oddział w Lublinie

References

• Z. Zygulski , Dzieje zb io rów puławskich. Św ią tynia S yb illi i Dom Gotycki, Rozpr. Spraw. Muzeum Naród., Kraków 1962, s. 5—265 (zbiory Czartoryskich).

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247