Odbudowa spichlerza w Płocku na Archiwum Wojewódzkie

• Authors: Senko Adam

Title variants

EN

THE RECONTSTRUCTION OF THE GRANARY IN PŁOCK FOR THE VOIVODSHIP ARCHIVES

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

Granaries on the Vistula river are now the only remaining traces of fluorishing grain trade in the period of prosperity of the Polish state in the 16th and 17th centuries. According to contemporary estimation about 300,000 tonnes of grain yearly were transported on barges down the Vistula through such towns situated on the river banks as Sandomierz, Kazimierz Dolny, Warsaw, Płock or Toruń. The commodity went to the markets of Antwerp and London through Gdańsk (Danzig). So far only the history of the granaries in Kazimierz Dolny, Toruń and Gdańsk has been scientifically described (by W. Husarski, published in 1953 by WTN; Z. Kruszelnicki, published by TNT; and Z. Śnieżko respectively). Płock granaries have not been described in any separate study. Only three of them, situated on a cliff near the parish church, remained after a flood in 1733. This text is devoted mainly to one of them, which has been reconstructed in order to house the Voivodship State Archives. The history of the object goes back to the early 18th century. After the granaries situated close to the river bank had been destroyed by the flood, an unknown owner built three new ones. The buildings, following the style of the epoch, lack the rich decoration characteristic of the objects in Kazimierz Dolny or Gdańsk. The simple constructions of rectangular plan are covered with metal sheet gable roofs and have no ornaments on the elevation. In this form the granaries have survived until the present time. It should be mentioned that after the first partition of Poland and the seizure of Gdańsk by Prussia in 1772 grain trade on the Vistula considerably decreased due to a custom conflict. After 1793 Płock was under Prussian occupation. In 1978 architect A. Senko and constructors A. Koral and K. Maszewski from the Monument Conservation Workshop in Warsaw prepared the working plan. The adaptation project allocated 2/3 of the building, with ceilings of reinforced concrete, for storing the archives, and 1/3, preserving the style of the old granary, for offices and a research study. In accordance with the requirements of the Voivodship Monument Conserver the roof was covered with ceramic tiles. The adaptation work was started in 1980 by the Monument Conservation Workshop and finished in 1991 by a private firm. Now the object is one of the sightseeing attractions of the Płock cliff, along with the parish church, the famous „Małachowianka" school, the cathedral and the castle.

Keywords

PL

Wisła; Płock; spichlerz w Płocku

• Publisher: Narodowy Instytut Dziedzictwa
• Journal: Ochrona Zabytków
• Year: 1992
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 378-385

Dates

published

1992

Contributors

author

Senko Adam

References

• Z. Gloger, Encyklopedia Staro-Po/ska. Warszawa 1902.
• W. Husarski, Kazimierz Dolny. Warszawa 1953.
• J . Gierowski, Historia Polski, t. III. Warszawa 1984.
• M. Sołtysiak, Płock i jego zabytki. Płock b.d.w.
• Z. Sokołowski, Płock, Urbanistyka i architektura. Płock 1975.
• Z. Kruszewski, Toruń nie istniejący. Toruń 1950.
• Dzieje Płocka , praca zbiorowa. Płock 1973.

Identifiers

ISSN

0029-8247