Pawłowice (palace)
The Mielżyński Palace in Pawłowice ( Greater Poland Voivodeship, community Krzemieniewo ) was commissioned by the Great Kronsekretärs Count Maksymilian Mielżyński ( 1738-1799 ) by the architect Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1778 to 1779 designed and built from 1780 to 1783. The interior designed in 1788 the Warsaw architect Johann Christian Kamsetzer.
The residence consists of a main building, connected by arcuate arcades with two farm buildings. In addition to the driveway, there was the gatehouse.
In the construction workers Silesian craftsmen were active mainly, but also Polish craftsmen from Rydzyna, Leszno and Rawicz Poniec. The sculptural works, including the lion figures, created Vaclav Böhm.
The stucco plasterers were working from Western European countries. 1792, the interior was completed in 1773 was the wedding of the daughter of the owner, Catherine, instead. In 1923, the palace was modernized, inter alia, the central heating was installed. Until 1939, the palace property of Mielżyński family remained. During the Second World War, the German authorities seized the palace, shortly before the war ended, the furnishings were taken to Germany. Today the palace houses a branch of zootechnical research institute from Krakow and serves as a conference center.
Architecture
The palace is a neo-classical building with a ground floor and two upper floors dar. Under the hipped roof is an unused attic. The main facade with thirteen window axis is flanked by three-axis projections. In the seven- central part there is a portico with four Ionic columns, crowned with an attic, which carries four figures.
Two arcades on an arc-shaped floor plan connecting the main building with the two farm buildings. The two-storey courtyard building show in the center of the main facade of the arched entrance under a huge arcade. The three-axle middle part is also crowned with an attic, which carries three figures.
From the National Institute of Art Heritage of palace in Pawłowice was registered on January 31, 1952 under the number 364 in the list of monuments of the Greater Poland Voivodeship
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Courtyard building