Kotowski Palace
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The Kotowski Palace was a 17th-century palace in Warsaw, Poland. It served as the main cloister building for the Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
Kotowski Palace: design by Tylman van Gameren
Kotowski Palace: interior design
Cloister: painting by Bernardo Bellotto
Baroque in Poland
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The Polish Baroque lasted from the early 17th to the mid-18th century. As with Baroque style elsewhere in Europe, Poland's Baroque emphasized the richness and triumphant power of contemporary art form
Kotowski Palace
…between 1682 and 1684 for Adam Kotowski, the royal cup-bearer at King Jan Sobieski's court, and his wife Małgorzata Durant. This large, three-storied Baroque building in Palladian style was designed by Tylman van Gameren. In 1688, it was purchased by Queen Maria Kazimiera and transferred to the Benedictines…
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