The forgotten pyramid in Piotrowice/Gross-Peterwitz near Kąty Wrocławskie

• Authors: Śliwa Joachim

Title variants

PL

Zapomniana piramida w Piotrowicach koło Kątów Wrocławskich

• Languages of publication: PL EN

Abstracts

EN

An interesting pyramid shaped building can be fund 5 kilometers to the west from Kąty Wrocławskie/Kanth, within the former estate of counts von Limburg-Styrum in Piotrowice/ Gross-Peterwitz. It was built of regular sandstone blocks on a basis measuring 4,70 x 4,70 meters and it measures 9-10 meters in height. An entrance to the inside of the building leads through a classicist portico. Burials were once placed in an underground crypt. As we may assume on the basis of historical context, the builder was Count Frederik Adrian Limburg-Styrum gen. Ebers (1804-1874), the founder of the Silesian line of this distinguished family (the origin of which go back to the 10* century). The building was probably raised between the years 1865-1870. The object has been plundered in 1945, currently it is completely empty and even the epitaph plates have been removed.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Modus. Prace z historii sztuki
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 10-11
• Pages: 145-149

Contributors

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Śliwa Joachim