The Fanshawe Palace, also known as the Henryków Palace is a neoclassical

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, located at the 107A Puławska Street. It was built in around 1850 as the residence of the Fanshawe family.

History

At the beginning of the 19th century, Henryk Bonnet, a French-born clerk who served as the

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and the

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in the

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, had bought an area around current Malczewskiego Street, establishing there a small settlement of Henryków, originally, only inhabited by French population. A small palace residence of the Bonnet family was built there.B. Petrozolin-Skowrońska (editor): ''Encyklopedia Warszawy'', Warsaw:

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, 1994, p. 245, ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish). In 1824, Louisa Bonnet de Belon (1802–1876), Henryk Bonnet's daughter, had married George Fanshawe (1789–1867; also known as ''Jerzy Fanshave''), English-born chamberlain and

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in the

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. The couple had inherited the property around 1830.Juliusz A. Chrościcki, Andrzej Rottermund: ''Atlas architektury Warszawy''. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Arkady, 1977, p. 185. (in Polish) Around 1850, in place of Bonnet's residence, at current 107A Puławska Street, was built Fanshawe Palace, which became the residence of the Fanshawe family.Marta Leśniakowska: ''Architektura w Warszawie''. Warsaw: Arkada Pracownia Historii Sztuki, 2005, p. 214. ISBN 83-908950-1-3. (in Polish)

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

is assumed to be the architect responsible for designing this palace. In 1900, the palace was inherited by nobleman August Potocki, who, while never living there himself, had accommodated there the less wealthy members of his family.Jerzy Kasprzycki, Marian Stępień: ''Pożegnania warszawskie''. Warsaw: Arkady, 1971, p. 144. (in Polish)Jerzy Kasprzycki: ''Korzenie Miasta. Warszawskie Pożegnania''. vol. 4: ''Mokotów, Ochota''. Warsaw: Veda, 2000. ISBN 83-85584-60-9. (in Polish) After the

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, the palace housed a

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, and later accommodation for the officers of the

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. During the

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, in the place was located the kitchen on the

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, a charity helping impoverished and people affected by the ongoing conflict. During the war, in palace also lived members of the Polish

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who had fled the

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. During the Second World War, the upper floor and the roof of the building were damaged and the palace had burned down in 1944 during the

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. The building was reconstructed between 1951 and 1952, with the project by Stanisław Żaryn. Its interior was then designed into apartments. In 1965, the building, together with its garden, was listed on the Registry of Cultural Property of Poland.
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'. Warsaw: National Institute of Cultural Heritage. 2020. (in Polish) Currently the building is the headquarters of the Kosmetyczne Instytuty Dr Irena Eris cosmetics company.

Characteristics

The Fanshawe Palace was designed in the neoclassical style. It is a two-storey building that has a rectangular floor plan of approximately 20 m × 15 m (65.6 ft × 49.2 ft). The front façade features a tondo depicting the heads of the

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s from the

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. The top of the façade has the has and a triangular

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. The façade from the side of the garden has the a

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with four columns, and a balcony. Inside, in the former living room is located the original

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. The palace is surrounded by a garden. Among the plants growing there, is a

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tree, which has the status of the

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References

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