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Enlightenment, but new problems reąuired that new designs in planning and architecture
should be sought. One of the characteristic phenomena of the new epoch was the destruction
of mediaeval ramparts in Warsaw, Poznań, Cracow and Piotrków, in order to create łarge
open areas and modern thoroughfares. Only in Cracow was the loss of the mediaeval walls
partly compensated for by the formation of the Planty Park. New towns and estates which
arose because of the industrial development reąuired new designs in planning. An urgent
need developed for the construction of town halls, courts of justice and other public
buildings. The years 1815-1830 were with a great deal of justification called “a splendid
chapter in the history of government in Poland”.
The old architects whose work had taken shape in the Age of Enlightenment were still active
in the early years of the Kingdom of Poland, particularly Kubicki and Aigner. Kubicki’slast
work was the Belweder Pałace, a typical Polish neoclassical country manor, expanded to
a palatial scalę. In regulating the city boundaries of Warsaw and the roads out of the city in
1815 and later, Kubicki built toll-houses round Warsaw. When the ąuestion of ordering the
premises of the Royal Castle arose, he designed a monumental project for its reconstruction.
One of the elements of this design, an arcaded terrace at the foot of the Castle hill, was built.
Aigner’s activity also left distinct traces in the image of the city. In 1818-1819, he rebuilt the
Governor’s Pałace; in 1816-1823, he exercised a great influence on the expansion of the
University buildings; in 1817-1821, he built the mint in Bielańska Street; he rebuilt and
expanded Marywil; he rebuilt St. Andrew’s Church, and it is necessary to add that apart from
Marywil, in 1823-1824, he constructed the “Market House”, which so greatly affected the
later conception of the faęade of the Grand Theatre.
In the neoclassical architecture in the times of the Kingdom of Poland, however, the first
place was taken by a young architect brought by Staszic from Florence to Warsaw in 1818, to
build the edifice of the Society of the Friends of Science. He was Antonio Corazzi, then 26
years old, who remained in Warsaw for 27 years and whose architectural achievement was
Warsaw, draft design of the Main Storę, W.H. Minter, c. 1800
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should be sought. One of the characteristic phenomena of the new epoch was the destruction
of mediaeval ramparts in Warsaw, Poznań, Cracow and Piotrków, in order to create łarge
open areas and modern thoroughfares. Only in Cracow was the loss of the mediaeval walls
partly compensated for by the formation of the Planty Park. New towns and estates which
arose because of the industrial development reąuired new designs in planning. An urgent
need developed for the construction of town halls, courts of justice and other public
buildings. The years 1815-1830 were with a great deal of justification called “a splendid
chapter in the history of government in Poland”.
The old architects whose work had taken shape in the Age of Enlightenment were still active
in the early years of the Kingdom of Poland, particularly Kubicki and Aigner. Kubicki’slast
work was the Belweder Pałace, a typical Polish neoclassical country manor, expanded to
a palatial scalę. In regulating the city boundaries of Warsaw and the roads out of the city in
1815 and later, Kubicki built toll-houses round Warsaw. When the ąuestion of ordering the
premises of the Royal Castle arose, he designed a monumental project for its reconstruction.
One of the elements of this design, an arcaded terrace at the foot of the Castle hill, was built.
Aigner’s activity also left distinct traces in the image of the city. In 1818-1819, he rebuilt the
Governor’s Pałace; in 1816-1823, he exercised a great influence on the expansion of the
University buildings; in 1817-1821, he built the mint in Bielańska Street; he rebuilt and
expanded Marywil; he rebuilt St. Andrew’s Church, and it is necessary to add that apart from
Marywil, in 1823-1824, he constructed the “Market House”, which so greatly affected the
later conception of the faęade of the Grand Theatre.
In the neoclassical architecture in the times of the Kingdom of Poland, however, the first
place was taken by a young architect brought by Staszic from Florence to Warsaw in 1818, to
build the edifice of the Society of the Friends of Science. He was Antonio Corazzi, then 26
years old, who remained in Warsaw for 27 years and whose architectural achievement was
Warsaw, draft design of the Main Storę, W.H. Minter, c. 1800
45