Lubomirski Palace, Warsaw

Lubomirski Palace
Pałac Lubomirskich
View from the front of the palace
Location within Poland
General information
Architectural style	Neo-classical
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Country	Poland
Coordinates	52°14′22″N 21°00′05″E / 52.23944°N 21.00139°E / 52.23944; 21.00139
Current tenants	Business Centre Club
Completed	Before 1712
Renovated	1791 - 1793, 1928, reconstruction from 1948 to 1951, moved 1970
Demolished	Burned in 1939
Client	Radziwiłł family
Owner	1730 Jan Zygmunt Deybel, 1790 Lubomirski family, 1816 Isidore Krasinski , 1828 the government of the Polish Kingdom, 1834 Abraham Simon Cohen, 1938 City of Warsaw
Design and construction
Architect	Joachim Hempel (reconstruction of 1791-1793)

Lubomirski Palace (Polish: Pałac Lubomirskich) is a palace in central Warsaw, which was built in the 18th century for the Radziwiłł family.

In the 18th century the Radziwiłł family bought the northern areas of town near Warsaw's Wielopole region. In 1730, the palace belonged to the architect Jan Zygmunt Deybl. In 1760 the residence was meant to be rebuilt in a late baroque style, but the construction was not completed. Renovations were led by Jakub Fontana, a renowned architect at the time.

In 1790, the residence and the adjacent lands were bought by nobleman and aristocrat Aleksander Lubomirski. From 1791 to 1793 the palace was converted into a neoclassical design by Joachim Hempel. Among other things, a colonnade was added, consisting of 10 large columns and the floor of the courtyard and outbuilding floor on the main building were added. Lubomirski's wife, Rozalia Lubomirska (who was later executed on the guillotine during the French Revolution) lived in the palace.

In 1816, the Lubomirskis' daughter Aleksandra sold the palace to General Isidore Krasiński. Between 1828 and 1834 the palace was owned by the government of the Kingdom of Poland and occupied by offices and a hospital during the November Uprising. In 1834, the estate was bought by financier Abraham Simon Cohen. During this period, the palace was rebuilt to maximise profitability. For this purpose, many shops, market stalls, small apartments and a Jewish prayer house were introduced.

By the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the building was in desperate need of renovation. In 1928 Wenceslaus Moszkowski transformed the palace and added one floor, damaging its historic character.

In 1938 Cohen sold the building to the City of Warsaw, which decided to renovate it, but the plans were not implemented because of the outbreak of World War II. The first days of the war saw the destruction of the palace: during the Siege of Warsaw in September 1939, the Germans burned down the building, with only the colonnade staying intact.