Marywil
The building complex Marywil was a trading center in the historic Warsaw. It was one of the largest and most modern European trading centers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Demolished in the 19th century, the Warsaw Theater Square (Plac Teatralny ) and the Grand Theatre is now in its place ( city district ).
History
The baroque structure was built to a design by Tylman van Gameren 1692-1697. Building owner was the Queen Mary Casimire, wife of John III. Sobieski, who was here to build a central trading place with various affiliated companies. According to her ( she was French ), the complex was ( St. Mary's city or town ) named first as "Ville de Marie ", which was later Polonized to " Marywil ". The plant she dedicated the memory of her husband's victory over the Turks at the Battle of Vienna ( 1683).
The architecture of the pentagonal plant was influenced by the Place des Vosges and Place Dauphine in Paris. The complex contained next to the shops and warehouses of the merchants also accommodation and restaurants. In the courtyard markets were held. At the south end is a chapel was the Holy Mother of victory with a double-sided arcade. In the complex there were also rooms of the royal family.
In 1738 the Zaluski family acquired the complex. Józef Andrzej Zaluski taught here - at the beginning - his Zaluski library one. 1744 was Antonina Zamoyska convert the acquired was investing in a monastery. 1807 emerged the four buildings in the courtyard. In 1810 a wing was grown on the east side, the " Dom pod Kolumnami " or "Dom Jarmarczny " ( German: fair house ) was called. Between 1817 and 1821 renewed Chrystian Piotr Aigner lying eastern flank to the place and added a seven-storey bell tower with clock and crowning Gloriette at. In 1819 the monastery was outsourced; the plant has now been used for residential purposes. From 1825 ( to 1833 ) it was demolished to allow a redesign of the square, which was until 1840 the name Marywil Square ( Plac Marywilski ), and the construction of the Teatr Wielki.