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1973 | 1 | 21-28

Article title

Prace na Zamku Królewskim w dobie Księstwa Warszawskiego

Content

Title variants

EN
THE WORKS IN WARSAW’S ROYAL CASTLE CARRIED OUT IN TIMES OF THE DUCHY OF WARSAW

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Abstracts

EN
On th e basis of th e p re s e rv e d w ritte n reco rd s an d illu s tra tiv e sources th e a u th o r of th e p re s e n t a rtic le is dealing w ith co n stru c tio n a n d re s to ra tio n w o rk s th a t w e re c a rried out in W a rs aw ’s Royal Castle d u rin g th e pe rio d of th e Duchy of Warsaw. In th e y e a rs 1808—1812 a wide scope of w o rk s w e re ex e cu ted a n d also th e p la n s p re p a re d covering th e re co n s tru c tio n an d e x ten sio n s of c e rta in p o rtio n s of th e C a stle ’s complex as w e ll as of its most close su rro u n d in g s. When in 1806 th e d e v a s ta te d Castle w a s re cov e red from th e P ru s s ia n h an d s th a t fa c t was of u tm o st im p o rtan c e fo r th e e n tire Polish people. The aim of w o rk s u n d e rta k e n consisted in rem o v in g of all in a p p ro p ria te reb u id in g s an d d ev a sta tio n s th a t h av e been b ro u g h t to th is a rc h ite c tu ra l m o n um en t being th e fo rm e r residence of th e P o lish Kings. Basing on comparisons m ad e w ith th e s ta te from th e la s t y e a rs of King S ta n islau s A u g u s tu s ’ reign a lot of in v en to ry in g su rv ey s (m e a su rem en ts an d d e sc rip tions) an d also of co n stru c tio n , co n se rv a tio n an d d e co ra tio n (both designs an d re a liz a tio n s) w e re c a rried out. Though th e fin an c ia l m e an s from th e s ta te tre a su ry w e re r a th e r scarce i t w a s in te n d e d by th o se concerned to b rin g th e Royal Castle as e a rly as possible to its o rig in a l glamour. As those su p e rv isin g th e co n se rv a tio n an d re c o n s tru c tio n a re to be m en tio n ed tw o Polish a rch ite c ts , n am e ly W. H. M in te r a n d H. Szpilowski. The c o n s e rv a tio n w o rk s co v ered th e re p a irs of roofs, stoves an d firep la c e s, th o se m ad e in rooms s itu a te d in th e b u ild in g ’s e a st wing, th e S e n a to r s ’ Hall an d s.o. No less c a re w a s devoted to in te rio r d eco ra tio n s an d o rn a m e n ta tio n s w h e re th e ex is tin g p a in tin g s w e re su b je c te d to re s to ra tio n or th e sets of n ew ones w e re e x e c u te d w h e re a s th e w a ll d e co ra tio n s an d fu rn itu r e w e re also re sto red . Of a n um b e r of more in te re s tin g , th o u g h n o t re a liz ed designs th a t w e re p re p a re d by a rc h ite c t W. H. M in te r should be listed h e re th is covering th e re c o n s tru c tio n of th e so c alled S ax o n C h ap e l an d th a t of e re c tio n of w o o d -b u ilt s ta irs le ad in g to th e Castle site an d also b rin g in g to o rd e r of sites closing to th e Vistula R iv e r w h e re a n um b e r of te rra c e s w e re designed. H. Szpilowski p re p a re d a design fo r co rre c tio n of th e Ca stle S q u a re w hich p ro v id ed fo r demolition of n e ig h b o u rin g b u ild in g s to open a w id e r view to th e Castle itse lf. As some k in d of cu rio sity may h e re be q u o ted th e design of th e m o n um en t fo r Napoleon I w ith w ith h ad to be a d o rn ed th e S e n a to r s ’ Hall.

Year

Issue

1

Pages

21-28

Physical description

Dates

published
1973

Contributors

  • mgr inż. arch. Instytut Podstaw Rozwoju Architektury Wydział Architektury, Politechnika Warszawska

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Publication order reference

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