Enrico Marconi, known in Poland as Henryk Marconi (7 January 1792 in

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– 21 February 1863 in

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), was an

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- Polish architect who spent most of his life in

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. Initially he was taught by his father Leander, later on, between 1806 and 1810, he studied both at the

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and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. In 1822 he was commissioned by general

Ludwik Michał Pac Count Ludwik Michał Pac (; ; 5 March or 19 May 1780 – 9 December 1835) was a France-born commander in the '' Grande Armée'', the Army of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Uprising of 1831. Depending on the source, he is called Lithuanian or Poli ...

to complete his palace in

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(then in Congress Poland, now in north-eastern

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). He settled in Warsaw, where from 1827 he worked for the

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and where he became professor (1851-1858) at the Academy of Fine Arts. Enrico Marconi married a daughter of general Pac's gardener, Małgorzata ( en, Margaret) Heiton, who came from a Scottish family settled in Poland. One of their sons, Leandro Marconi, also became an architect.

Selected works

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* Mausoleum of

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* The Pumping Room Building at Wilanów PalaceThe English Landscape Park
at the Wilanów Palace Museum * Rail stations in Warsaw, Granica and

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on the Warsaw-Vienna Railway * Water tower in

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, Warsaw * Great Synagogue, Łomża *

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, Warsaw

References

Image:Dowspuda_03.jpg, Remains of Pac Palace in Dowspuda Image:Reservoir Warsaw.jpg, Water tower in Saxon Garden, Warsaw Image:Stanisław Kostka Potocki - grobowiec.jpg, Mausoleum of

and his wife,

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, Warsaw Image:WIKI_BZ_Marconi.jpg, Spa House,

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Image:Vienna rail station, Warsaw.jpg, Vienna rail station, Warsaw (destroyed) {{DEFAULTSORT:Marconi, Enrico 1792 births 1863 deaths Artists from Rome University of Bologna alumni 19th-century Italian architects Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna alumni