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Lukas-Janowska E.

Ochrona Zabytków

1986

issue 3

219-226

This report is a response to Jozef Dtugosz’s artic le entitled "The Palace at Żagań and Its Reconstruction” , published in "Ochrona Zabytkow” , no 1, 1985. The above article, containing inaccuracy on the history of the palace and putting off nearly twenty-year long reconstruction of the building with merely few sentences, bound me down to write this paper. From 1979 to 1983, on behalf of the Poznań branch of the Ateliers for the Conservation of Cultural Property, I was responsible for conservation inspection and in 1984 I prepared a five-volume report on conservation and construction work covering the years of 1965-1983. The palace at Żagań was erected in four building stages, starting with a Gothic castle and stopping at a 19-th century residence. The successive owners of the palace were: Żagań Piast princes, nobleman’s families, Prince Albrecht Wallenstein (1 628-163 4), governor of the Emperor’s army in the thirty- year war, and Czech's Lobkovic princes (1648—1786). Sold in 1786 to Kurland’s Prince Piotr В fron, the palace was then in hands of his successors. In 1842 the estate was bought by Dorota M a ria , Princess Talleyrand Perigord, the youngest daughter of Prince Biron. After her death the Żagań estate was inherited by its legitimate heirs and it remained in hands of the Talleyrands until 1935 when due to his political opinions Prince Bosan II Talleyrand was recognized to be the enemy of the 3rd German; Reich and had to leave Żagań and his large estate got confiscated. The palace at Żagań was built and developed by best builders in the Silesia and Czechs. Its construction was commenced according to the design of W. Boccaccio, erected by A. Porta, partially reconstructed by L. Dorst-Schatzberg. A magnificent landscape park was designed by O. Teichert starting from 1850. Post-war conservation and constructional work lasted — with some intervals — from 1965 to 1983. It was preceded by scientific and historical documentation prepared by M. Kutzner and also by archaeological studies (which revealed parts of a Gothic castle and 17-th century southern balustrade), conservation guide-lines and technical documentation drawn by Szczecin and Poznań branches of the Ateliers for the Conservation of Cultural Froperty. The eastern wing housed a theatre hall and its amenities. As a result of this work, some of splendid rooms got destroyed. Adaptation plans for northern and western wings were subjected to numerous modifications. It was in J976 that finally still a new version of the plan was approved by conservation authorities. The basement of the pa lace got occupied by the Institute for Computational Technique, the ground floor became a library, while fine rooms in the upper floor were changed into the palace of weddings. They are also used for cultural events. Elevations were repaired, with intervals, from 1974 to 1983. The work in the park is still under way. After many years one of the most magnificent palaces in Poland, closely associated with the European culture, has finally been restored.

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