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Marywil 
Marywil in 1733.General information Architectural style Baroque Town or city Warsaw Country Poland Construction started 1692 Completed 1697 Demolished 1825-1833 Design and construction Client Maria Kazimiera Sobieska Architect Tylman Gamerski Marywil (from French Ville de Marie) was a large commercial centre and a palace in Warsaw, occupying roughly the place where the Grand Theatre stands today.
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History
Chapel of Holy Mother of Victories in about 1730.
Marywil was built some time between 1692 and 1697 by Maria Kazimiera[1], the Queen of Poland, to commemorate the victory of her husband, King John III of Poland over the Turks in the Battle of Vienna.[2] A large, pentagonal baroque building was designed by Tylman Gamerski and modelled after Place des Vosges and Place Dauphine in Paris. The building, bearing strong resemblance to Spanish baroque town market squares, contained shops and houses of the merchants, while the central square was used as a marketplace.[2] The small apartments with depots were leased to foreign merchants who competed with local tradesmen. The northern edge of the complex housed a chapel of Holy Mother of Victories.[2] The building also served as a royal residence.[3]
In 1738 the complex was bought by the Załuski family and it was there that Józef Jędrzej Załuski started the famous Załuski Library.[3] Around 1744 the building was converted into a monastery by Antonina Zamoyska. In 1807 four large houses were built in the former marketplace. Between 1817 and 1821 Chrystian Piotr Aigner reconstructed the eastern wing in accordance with contemporary styles and added a seven stories high clock tower. Simultaneously, in 1819 the monastery was moved out of the complex and it was converted into housing quarter. However, soon afterwards, in 1825-1833 the entire complex was demolished to make place for the new Grand Theatre constructed there.[3]
References
- ^ (English) "Marie Casimire's Palace (Marie Mont) in Warsaw". wilanow-palac.art.pl. http://www.wilanow-palac.pl/marywil_in_warsaw.html. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
- ^ a b c (Polish) "Marywil". warszawa1939.pl. http://www.warszawa1939.pl/index.php?r1=teatralny_marywil&r3=0. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
- ^ a b c (Polish) "Marywil". Skarby. http://swiadectwotestimony.republika.pl/marywil.html. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
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- (Polish) "Marywil - założenie architektoniczno-urbanistyczne w Warszawie". varsovia.pl. http://www.varsovia.pl/varsovia/item.php-frame=item&mapa=0&item=3512&top=23.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
See also
External links
- (Polish) www.warszawa1939.pl
- (Polish) Marywil Complex by Tylman van Gameren
- (Polish) Church in Marywil by Tylman van Gameren
Categories:- Buildings and structures completed in 1697
- Palaces in Warsaw
- Royal residences in Poland
- Baroque architecture in Poland
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