Potocki Palace
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Potocki Palace - a palace in Lublin, built in the 18th century to Jerzy Potocki. Construction of the palace began in 1719 and continued until 1734. The two-story building with two side wings, built in the shape of a horseshoe with an internal Italian courtyard served as a residence for Jerzy Potocki and his family. At the end of the eighteenth century the building was handed over to the state treasury.

Originally housed in a former palace of the national cavalry barracks, then a warehouse, and after the third partition of Polish lands in the building was open prison that operated for over thirty years. The palace was stripped of all internal and external decoration. In 1826, a new prison was opened in the castle, after which the palace was handed over to the military police. In 1918 the palace was opened Potocki Central State Police Office in Lublin.

During World War II, the palace was badly damaged, there has been no change, except that instead of police started functioning police department. In 1994 the palace housed the Department of Catholic University of Lublin, who in 2009 bought the building completely. The university planned to fully restore the historical appearance of the Potocki Palace, but in 2010 the building was re-sold to the state.

The city is currently awaiting a buyer who is ready to invest in the restoration of the palace a large sum of money, returning it to its former glory and beauty.

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