The Okrąglak roundhouse in

Piła Piła (german: Schneidemühl) is a city in northwestern Poland and the capital of Piła County, situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. Its population as of 2021 was 71,846, making it the third-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań ...

, Poland, dates from the period 1870–1874, and is related to intensive development of railways in

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

. This particular roundhouse became standard for buildings of the same type in Europe thanks to application of atypical architectural solutions. It went out of regular use in the 1990s.

Restoration

A group of citizens of

undertook the task to rescue the roundhouse. They intend to make it a tourist showplace through the restoration of railway functions. They also created the concept of utilization of roundhouse in Pila. The group society encourages private and public entities to cooperate in that matter to preserve the roundhouse for future generations.

External links

Official website (English)
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