Blank Palace Explained

Blank Palace
Map Width:275
Coordinates:52.2447°N 21.01°W
Location:Warsaw, Mazowsze Province, Poland
Built:1764
Demolished:1944
Rebuilt:1947-1949
Architect:Szymon Bogumił Zug
Architecture:Classicist

The Blank Palace (Polish: Pałac Blanka) is a historic building on Senatorska Street in Warsaw, Poland. It is adjacent the much larger Jabłonowski Palace.

The palace was built by architect Szymon Bogumił Zug between 1762 and 1764 for Filip Nereusz Szaniawski. In 1777, ownership was transferred to a Warsaw banker of French descent, Piotr Blank.[1]

In the interwar period, the palace served as the residence of the Mayor of Warsaw, Stefan Starzyński. It was heavily damaged during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and was rebuilt between 1947 and 1949.[2]

The Blank Palace now houses the Ministry of Sport and Tourism.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senatorska 14 - Pałac Blanka. dawnawarszawa.blogspot.co.uk. 14 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Turystyki. Stołeczne Biuro. Pałac Blanka WarsawTour - Oficjalny portal turystyczny m.st. Warszawy. www.warsawtour.pl. 14 April 2017. pl. https://web.archive.org/web/20170724055122/http://www.warsawtour.pl/zabytki-i-inne-atrakcje/pa-ac-blanka-2451.html#. 2017-07-24. dead.
  3. Web site: Warszawa - Pałac Blanka. Polskie Zabytki. 14 April 2017.