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Załuski Library
Library in Warsaw, Poland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Załuski Library (Polish: Biblioteka Załuskich, Latin: Bibliotheca Zalusciana) established in Warsaw in 1747 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Roman Catholic bishops, was a public library nationalized and renamed upon its founders' death into the Załuski Library of the Republic (Polish: Biblioteka Rzeczypospolitej Załuskich) which existed until the final demise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
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Załuski Library | |
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![]() Załuski Library's original seat: now "House Under the Kings" (Dom Pod Królami), Warsaw | |
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Architectural style | Rococo |
Town or city | Warsaw |
Country | Poland |
Construction started | 1621 |
Completed | 1624 |
Client | Józef Andrzej Załuski, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Francesco Antonio Melana (1736-1745) |
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