Czartoryski Palace
   Photo: Palace of Czartoryski

Czartoryski Palace - Baroque building, built in the second half of the seventeenth century by Tylman Gameren. The palace is located in the center of Lublin. It is a medium-sized building with a brick façade, a gallery and a portico over the entrance.

The first owner of the palace was Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, later the building was transferred to Elzbieta Sieniawska. The new mistress in 1725 was invited by the architect Francis Mayer from Moravia to the reconstruction of the palace, which lasted about three years. In 1731 after the death of her husband, Maria Sofia Senyavskaya marries a Russian governor August Aleksander Czartoryski. So the palace became the property of the genus Czartoryski. The family soon moved from Lublin, leaving the owners of the palace as follows: Adam Kazimierz and Isabella Fleming Czartoryska.

In 1812 the building was sold to Martin Kobylinsky - notary Lublin. In subsequent years, the palace was leased to the tobacco plant. In the nineteenth century, despite the fact that the palace housed the industrial plant, the building still looked impressive mansion. Since 1860, the palace was sold permanently, the owners changed almost every year. Of course, the situation is not conducive to the maintenance of the palace is in good condition.

During the Second World War the palace was badly damaged Czartoryski. In 1939, the building was bombed, and in 1944 it was set on fire by the retreating Germans. Fortunately, the fire did not affect the interior layout. A year later, the damaged walls were demolished, began large-scale reconstruction. Invited architect Czeslaw Doria-Dernalovits restore the original interior of the palace, as well as the exterior of the building.

In 1973, the palace became the residence of the Scientific Society of Lublin.

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