A nice gem in the very center of Bialystok. Inside, despite the presence of the rectorate, it is also possible to do some sightseeing. The Museum of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy is located here. Subdivisionhe ground of the palace converted during the war into a battle shelter is also open to the public. Closed on Mondays, I know from autopsy.
26.08.2014Branicki Palace, is one of the most interesting monuments of Bialystok, one of the best preserved magnate residences of the Saxon era in the lands of the former Republic andA valuable monument of late Baroque architecture. A true brick Gothic-Renaissance castle was erected in Bialystok at the behest of Peter Wiesiolowski by the royal builder Job Bretfs. The castle had two stories, access was defended by a moat and earthen fortifications. Peter's son ? Krzysztof Wiesiolowski became Grand Marshal of Lithuania. He died childless in 1637. In his will he bequeathed his estates to the treasury of the Republic. During the period of the Swedish Deluge, a Lithuanian ensign subordinate to Janusz Radziwill stayed in the Bialystok castle. However, the soldiers terminated their obedience to him and, under the command of Colonel Korotkevich, went over to the royal side, subordinating themselves to Pavel Sapieza. For the merits made by Stefan Czarniecki in the war against the Swedes, the Sejm of the Republic granted him the Bialystok estate. Czarniecki then gave Bialystok along with the castle to his daughter Katarzyna Aleksandra, the wife of Jan Klemens Branicki, the crown stolenman. From then on, the castle became the family seat of the Branicki Gryfits. Stefan Mikołaj Branicki, father of Grand Hetman of the Crown Jan Klemens Branicki, commissioned Tylman of Gameren to transform the palace into a Baroque residence. This engineer, who came from Utrecht in the Netherlands, was previously famous for, among other things, building the Krasinski Palace in Warsaw and the residence of Primate Michał Radziejowski in Nieborów. The reconstruction, which lasted from 1691 to 1697, completely changed the face of the palace. Among other things, one of the towers was used as a staircase. Chambers were located in the second tower. During the next reconstruction the side outbuildings were raised, an Ionic colonnade was erected, and many sculptures were placed. An English park was established next to the French park. Further expansion of the palace was already done at the behest of Jan Klemens Branicki and his wife Izabela of Poniatowski. From the former wartime past of the castle now only the outlines of the bastion not far from the pond are visible. The Branicki Hetmanhood created in Bialystok one of the most splendid courts in Poland at that time. They gathered around them many outstanding artists, poets, people of science. Here the Polish poet of the Baroque period Elżbieta Drużbacka stayed for many years, here the poet Franciszek Karpiński worked. Alongside them were painters Antoni Herliczka, Sylwester August Mirys. There was also a theater, a court orchestra and a ballet troupe, Italian actresses came for guest performances. Polish kings August II, III and Stanislaw Augustus, Roman Emperor Joseph II often stayed at the court. Later, after the extinction of the Branicki family of Gryf coat of arms, the future King Louis XVIII of France took refuge in the "Versailles of Podlasie" from the revolutionary turmoil. In 1754, the hetman established at the palace was the first military academy in Poland - the Military School of Construction and Engineering. After that, it housed the Acquisition School, and from 1773 the Academic School of the Bialystok Assembly, which was created by the National Education Commission. After Hetman Branicki's death, his heirs sold the residence to the Prussian king. During the Russian partition, the Palace was devastated. Almost completely demolished during World War II, it was rebuilt in 1946-1960, referring to its condition from the 17th century. It now houses the rectorate of the Medical University of Bialystok.
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