HISTORY

The Palace was built for Konstanty Przeździecki and his wife Izabela in the late 19th century, according to the design of the architect Marceli Berent.

It is a neo-renaissance style listed building featuring terraces.

A few years later, an extension was added – a pavilion, designed by the well-known Polish architect and restoration specialist Józef Huss.

The Palace housed the Library of the Przeździecki Family Fee Tail (Biblioteka Ordynacja Przeździeckich), which comprised 30,000 volumes, 330 manuscripts, 350 atlases, 340 parchments and 430 diplomas.

During the Second World War, it was badly damaged and burnt in the bombings of Warsaw.

In 1951-1953, the Palace was rebuilt in a neo-renaissance style with considerable changes compared to the original state from before the war.

In the 1950s, by decree of the post-war President of Poland Bolesław Bierut, the Palace was nationalized. For several decades, it was used for the purposes of Polish diplomacy – ceremonial events and meetings with foreign official guests were held there by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Post-1989, Przeździecki Palace in Warsaw also served as the official residence to Polish President-Elects: Aleksander Kwaśniewski in 1995, Lech Kaczyński in 2005 and Andrzej Duda in 2015.

In 1951-1953, the Palace was rebuilt in a neo-renaissance style with considerable changes compared to the original state from before the war.

In the 1950s, by decree of the post-war President of Poland Bolesław Bierut, the Palace was nationalized. For several decades, it was used for the purposes of Polish diplomacy – ceremonial events and meetings with foreign official guests were held there by the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Post-1989, Przeździecki Palace in Warsaw also served as the official residence to Polish President-Elects: Aleksander Kwaśniewski in 1995, Lech Kaczyński in 2005 and Andrzej Duda in 2015.

In free Poland, the heirs of the Przeździecki family successfully sought the restitution of the Palace, proving that it is their rightful inheritance.

Already as the owners, they continued to rent it to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs until January 2016 when Roman Karkosik, an investor who is concerned about the protection and conservation of the Polish cultural and material heritage, became the owner of the Palace.

Besides the 19th-century Przeździecki Palace in Warsaw, Roman Karkosik has also restored the 18th-century Palace in Kikol near Toruń (central Poland). In cooperation with experts in historic building restoration and conservation, he brought both palaces back to their original former glory.

GALLERY

CONTACT

Przeździecki Palace
Foksal 6 St., 00-366 Warsaw
+48 883 301 301
e-mail: biuro@foksal6.pl