Kotowski Palace

The Kotowski Palace (Polish: Pałac Kotowskich ) was a palace of the 17th century in Warsaw, Poland. He was like a Canaletto painting shows, just east of St. Kazimierz Church on the east side of the Rybaki Street. This area was not constructed according to the rubble clearance again.

History

The palace was built in 1682-1684 for the royal butler and secretary Adam Kotowski and his wife Małgorzata née Durant, who are now buried in the same chapel Kaplica Kotowskich, palladianistischen in the Baroque style. Architect was the Polish engineer of Dutch origin Tylman van Gameren.

1688 bought Queen Marie d' Arquien, the wife of the Polish king John III. , The palace and had rebuilt him as a monastic system for the Sisters of the Benedictine order.

During the Second World War, the Polish troops, the fortress served as a military hospital. This was the palace of one of the most highly frequented destinations in the air raids of the Wehrmacht during the Warsaw Uprising. After the suppression of the rebellion, the palace was eventually blown up by the Wehrmacht in 1944, the planned total destruction of Warsaw.

Credentials

• Stefan Kieniewicz, eds: Warszawa w latach 1526-1795. Warsaw, 1984 ( ISBN 83-01-03323-1 )
• Pharus plan Warsaw - Edition 1936 ( Polish version )