Hotel Polonia Palace
| Polonia Palace Hotel | |
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Hotel Polonia Palace - 2010
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| General information | |
| Location | Warsaw, Poland |
| Address | Aleje Jerozolimskie 45 |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 52°13′45.9″N 21°0′38.4″E / 52.229417°N 21.010667°E 52°13′45,9″N 21°00′38,4″E |
| Opening | July 14, 1913 |
| Owner | Syrena Hotel Group |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Juliusz Nagórski |
| Developer | Konstanty Przedziecki |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 206 |
| Website | |
| www.poloniapalace.com | |
The Polonia Palace Hotel is a historic four-star hotel opened in 1913 and located in the heart of Warsaw on Aleje Jerozolimskie. It is the capital’s second oldest hotel after the Hotel Bristol, Warsaw. Together with the adjacent Metropol Hotel and the MDM Hotel, it is managed by the Syrena Hotel Group. It was declared an architectural monument of Poland's history and culture on July 1, 1965.
The Polonia Palace Hotel was developed by Count Konstanty Przedziecki, a member of one of Poland's oldest aristocratic families, whose grandfather Aleksander had constructed the nearby Hotel Europejski. The name Polonia Palace was chosen during the Period of Partition to have a strong patriotic element.
The hotel had a Parisian design with a mansard roof, a structure in the Beaux Arts style designed by Juliusz Nagórski, and interiors in the Louis XVI style designed by Józef Holewiński. It opened on July 14, 1913 and featured hot and cold running water and dial telephones in each of 160 rooms, though only six rooms had private bathrooms. It also included an attached garage, men's and ladies' hair salons, an extensive wine cellar and a laundry on-site. The hotel was located across from the Vienna Station, until that building was demolished in 1919. Later it was across from the new Warsaw Central Station, which was ultimately destroyed in World War II.
The hotel was expanded in 1924, with a new wing that included a dancehall where Rolf Roy, a well-known Viennese dancer, was appointed as its artistic manager. In 1925, a ball of dramatists and playwrights was held at the hotel, attended by such artists as Jan Lechoń, Stefan Żeromski, Ludwik Solski, Kornel Makuszyński, Maria Pawlikowska, Józef Węgrzyn and Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński. In 1927, the painter Kazimir Malevich held his first foreign exhibition outside the Soviet Union at the hotel. King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan visited the hotel in 1929, when officials of the Second Republic of Poland honored him with the Order of the White Eagle. The author of ‘Flirt z Melpomeną’ (Flirting with Melpomena) and ‘Piekło kobiet’ (Women’s Hell) celebrated his jubilee, organized by the PEN Club, at the hotel. Jan Kiepura performed at the hotel. The Polish Arts Club operated from the hotel. In 1931 the Pre-Academic School of Hotel Management, established by the Naczelna Organizacja Polskiego Przemysłu Hotelarskiego (the General Organization of Polish Hotel Industry) opened at the Polonia Palace. The hotel became a favorite spot for meetings and the accommodation of diplomats and aristocrats, who would celebrate winter and ‘green’ carnivals there.
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