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Domenico Merlini () (22 February 1730 – 20 February 1797) was an
Italian
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Polish
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architect
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whose work was mostly in the
classical style.
Life and Style
From 1750 till his death, Merlini lived in
Poland
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. In 1768, he became a nobleman and later in 1773 the Royal Architect. He is most famous for his
Royal Baths Park
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in Warsaw.
He built a number of public and private buildings in Warsaw and other Polish cities, often in collaboration with
Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer
Johann Christian Kammsetzer or Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer ( Dresden, 1753 – 25 November 1795, Warsaw) was a Dresden-born architect who was active primarily in Poland.
Life
There is a record of Kammsetzer having attended the Dresden Academy of F ...
and
Johann Christian Schuch
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Life
Schuch learned gardening from his father, a House of Wettin court gardener. Later he studied pain ...
. His style is typical of the
Polish classicism in Warsaw in the era of
Stanisław August Poniatowski. Merlini was partly influenced by
Palladio and carried some late-
baroque elements in his work, such as the abundant use of
gold
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.
Works
* Refurbishment of
Ujazdów Castle
Ujazdów Castle ( pl, Zamek Ujazdowski) is a castle in the historic Ujazdów district, between Ujazdów Park (''Park Ujazdowski'') and the Royal Baths Park (''Łazienki Królewskie''), in Warsaw, Poland.
Its beginnings date to the 13th century ...
from 1766 until 1771
* Refurbishment of the library in the
Royal Castle from 1776 until 1786
* The Łazienki Park, including the
Łazienki Palace
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From 1674 the pr ...
and several other buildings
* Palace in
Opole Lubelskie
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*
Palace in Jabłonna from 1775 until 1779
* Palace in
Królikarnia from 1782 until 1786
* Rebuilding of the
Krasiński's Palace in Warsaw, 1783
* Refurbishment of the
Brühl Palace
*
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church in Warsaw
References
Merlini, Dominik
18th-century Italian architects
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