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Juliusz Heinzl Palace
Juliusz Heinzl Palace (Polish pronunciation: ), which houses the Łódź City Hall, is a palace of Juliusz Heinzl, located at 104 Piotrkowska Street in Łódź, Poland. History It is the first of the three residences of Heinzel, its construction was completed in 1882 by Hilary Majewski and Otto Gehlig. The palace was situated next to a wool products factory, in the street's regulatory line, right in front of the factory buildings, extending deep into the property. It was built in eclectic style with predominance of elements referring to the Berlin Renaissance. The palace consisted of a three-storey main body and lower side wings, and two pavilions ended with towers, separated from the palace by a decorative grating. Over the years, it has undergone modifications and reconstructions. The first floor of the front facade of the main body is decorated with symmetrically placed bay windows on the sides, decorated with a baluster railing. Below the cordon cornice there is a frieze w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piotrkowska Street
Piotrkowska Street ( pl, ulica Piotrkowska), the main artery of Łódź, Poland, is one of the longest commercial thoroughfares in Europe, with a length of around 4.2 km. It is one of the major tourist attractions of the city. It runs longitudinally in the straight line between the Liberty Square (Plac Wolności) and the Independence Square (Plac Niepodległości). From the very beginning this street was the central axis, around which the city grew bigger, and its development spontaneously gave the present shape to its centre. At first the city was mainly the highway, but later it changed into the city's showcase, the leisure and shopping centre, where the life of growing industrial agglomeration could be observed. The street deteriorated remarkably after World War II. Only after 1990 was it revitalized step by step and changed into a kind of pedestrian precinct. It has a function similar to a market square of old towns in other cities. Nowadays the buildings, town-planning, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
