Królikarnia

Królikarnia
Królikarnia
	Main façade.
General information
Architectural style	Neoclassical
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Construction started	1782
Completed	1786
Demolished	1944
Client	Charles Thomatis
Design and construction
Architect	Domenico Merlini
Other information
Public transit	Wierzbno

Królikarnia (in English, "The Rabbit House") is a historic classicist palace in Warsaw, Poland; and a neighborhood in the Mokotów district of Warsaw.

Since 1965, the palace has housed a museum dedicated to Polish sculptor Xawery Dunikowski.^[1]

History

The palace is named for its former function as a rabbit warren for Poland's King Augustus II the Strong^[2] (reigned 1697–1706 and 1709–33).

The Królikarnia was erected on the picturesque Wisła River escarpment between 1782 and 1786 for King Stanisław August Poniatowski's Theatre Entrepreneur and Chamberlain, Charles Thomatis, Count de Valéry, by royal architect Domenico Merlini.^[1] It was modeled after the famous Renaissance-era Villa Rotonda outside Vicenza, Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio. Thomatis, whom biographer of Poniatowski Adam Zamoyski describes as having "pimped for the king," made various uses of the estate, yet Zamoyski concludes that "his villa at Królikarnia was little more than a high-class brothel."^[3]

In 1794, during the Kościuszko Uprising, the insurrection's leader Tadeusz Kosciuszko resided in the palace.

In 1816, the estate was purchased by Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł, and in 1849 by Ksawery Pusłowski, a passionate art collector. In 1879, the palace was partly destroyed by fire, and shortly afterward was rebuilt for the Pusłowski family by Józef Huss.

In 1944, during World War II, Królikarnia was completely destroyed in the Warsaw Uprising.^[1]

In 1964, it was rebuilt to house a collection of sculptures by Xawery Dunikowski, and now houses the Xawery Dunikowski Museum of Sculpture, opened in 1965. The Museum is a branch of the National Museum in Warsaw.

References

1 2 3 "Królikarnia". www.krolikarnia.mnw.art.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
↑ Tadeusz Jaroszewski. "Księga Pałaców Warszawy. Pałac Królikarnia". kmk.waw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
↑ Zamoyski, Adam (1997). The Last King of Poland. New York: Hippocrene Books. pp. 261–262. ISBN 0-7818-0603-8.

External links

Media related to Królikarnia Palace at Wikimedia Commons

Museum website

52°11′20.4″N 21°1′42.5″E / 52.189000°N 21.028472°E / 52.189000; 21.028472

[krolikarnia-1] 1 2 3 "Królikarnia". www.krolikarnia.mnw.art.pl. Archived from the original on 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2008-07-24.

[kmk-2] Tadeusz Jaroszewski. "Księga Pałaców Warszawy. Pałac Królikarnia". kmk.waw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2011-08-19. Retrieved 2008-07-24.

[3] Zamoyski, Adam (1997). The Last King of Poland. New York: Hippocrene Books. pp. 261–262. ISBN 0-7818-0603-8.

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