| Palace of the Four Winds Pałac Pod Czterema Wiatrami(in Polish) | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Rococo |
| Location | Warsaw,Poland |
| Construction started | 1680 |
| Completed | 1730s |
| Demolished | 1944 |
| Client | Stanisław Kleinpolt, Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł |
| Design and construction | |
| Architects | Tylman Gamerski, Johann Sigmund Deybel |
ThePalace of the Four Winds (Polish:Pałac Pod Czterema Wiatrami), also known as theTepper Palace, is arococo palace inWarsaw located atulica Długa (Long Street) 38/40.
The palace was built about 1680, probably toTylman van Gameren's design, for the high official and royal secretary Stanisław Kleinpolt. The palace was subsequently sold in 1685 toJan Dobrogost Krasiński, in 1698 to Andrzej Chryzostom Załuski, and in the early 18th century to theBishop of Płock,Andrzej Stanisław Kostka Załuski.
From the 1730s the proprietor wasFranciszek Maksymilian Ossoliński, and laterMichał Kazimierz ("Rybeńko") Radziwiłł, who reconstructed the palace in therococo style, probably to a design by Johann Sigmund Deybel. The magnificent sculptures of the Four Winds (Notus,Boreas,Zephyrus andEurus) atop the fence posts date from that period. The artist is unknown, but probably also participated in decorating theSaxon Garden.
In 1769–71 the palace was rebuilt bySzymon Bogumił Zug for Piotr Tepper. The right wing was widened, and a new annex was erected adjacent toulica Długa, with an early-classicist front elevation.
In 1801 the palace was purchased atauction by Karol Fryderyk Dückert. Until 1891 it belonged to his heirs. In 1808–1914 it served as an elegant hotel, theHôtel de Dresde (Dresden Hotel). AfterWorld War I the palace fell into decline, becoming atenement house.
In 1927 it was purchased by the Polish Treasury, restored, and made the seat of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. In 1944 the palace wasdeliberately burned by the Germans after they had suppressed theWarsaw Uprising.[1][2][3] It was rebuilt between 1949 and 1951 according to a design by Ludwik Borawski.[4]
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