Zamoyski Palace (

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: ''Pałac Zamoyskich'') - a historical building, located by Nowy Świat Street in

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. From 1667 the owner of the plot was

Jan Wielopolski Count Jan Wielopolski (c. 1630-1688) was a Polish nobleman, aristocrat, politician and diplomat. Between May 1678 and January 1680, he was also a Polish chancellor. Biography Son of castellan and voivode Jan Wielopolski and Zofia Kochanowska. He ...

. Between 1744 and 1745 the inheritors of Wielopolski's possessions reconstructed the palace following designs of architect Piotr Hiż. The owner of the building soon became

Franciszek Ksawery Branicki Franciszek Ksawery Branicki (1730–1819) was a Polish nobleman, magnate, French count, diplomat, politician, military commander, and one of the leaders of the Targowica Confederation. Many consider him to have been a traitor who participated wit ...

, who commissioned renovation work under

Szymon Bogumił Zug Szymon Bogumił Zug (20 February 1733 – 11 August 1807), born Simon Gottlieb Zug, and also known as Zugk, was a renowned Polish-German classicist architect and designer of gardens. Born in Merseburg in Saxony, he spent most of his life in the ...

. In 1802 the palace was bought by Anna Jadwiga Sapieżyna.

Stanisław Staszic Stanisław Wawrzyniec Staszic (baptised 6 November 1755 – 20 January 1826) was a leading figure in the Polish Enlightenment: a Catholic priest, philosopher, geologist, writer, poet, translator and statesman. A physiocrat, monist, pan-Slavist ...

would live in the palace until he died there in 1826. In 1839 the palace became property of

Andrzej Artur Zamoyski Count Andrzej Artur Zamoyski (2 April 1800 – 29 October 1874) was a Polish nobleman, landowner and political and economic activist. Zamoyski organized meetings of landowners (''Klemensowczycy'') at his Klemensów estate in the Polish Congr ...

. The new owner commissioned reconstruction works headed by architect

Enrico Marconi Enrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk Marconi (7 January 1792 in Rome – 21 February 1863 in Warsaw), was an Italy, Italian-Poland, Polish architect who spent most of his life in Congress Poland. Initially he was taught by his father Leander ...

which gave the building's present nature. During the

January Uprising The January Uprising ( pl, powstanie styczniowe; lt, 1863 metų sukilimas; ua, Січневе повстання; russian: Польское восстание; ) was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at ...

of 1863, the house was plundered by the Imperial Army. During the

interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...

the building housed the

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. The palace was damaged during the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occ ...

and rebuilt between 1948 and 1950 without modifying its architectural design. Presently, the palace houses the Faculty of Journalism and Politics of the

University of Warsaw The University of Warsaw ( pl, Uniwersytet Warszawski, la, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public university in Warsaw, Poland. Established in 1816, it is the largest institution of higher learning in the country offering 37 different fields of ...

, the Institute of Applied Social Sciences, "Artes-Liberales" Faculty, Institute for Scientific Information and Bibliographic Studies of the Historical Faculty of the

. File:Russian Imperial Army demolishing Zamoyski Palace in Warsaw after assassination attempt 1863 1.png, Russian Imperial Army plunder of Zamoyski Palace in 1863 File:Pomnik Mikołaja Kopernika w Warszawie 1945.jpg, Destruction in 1945 File:Krakowskie Przedmieście - widok w strone Nowego Swiatu - panoramio.jpg, Night view of Zamoyski Palace (right)

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