Za Żelazną Bramą. Jurydyka Wielopole i pałac Lubomirskich

Abstract

The emergence of secular jurydykas was part of the development process in the capital's suburbs, testifying to the importance of powerful families' patronage for the city's development. Wielopole, an example of a small town near Warsaw, is an area with a multi-layered history, deserving of a more detailed urban and architectural analysis. Individual properties were owned by members of the elite, but also by traders and craftsmen. Wielopole was founded in 1693 by Maria Anna d'Arquien Wielopolska, sister of Queen Marie Casimire. The foundation included lands granted in 1667 to the founder's husband, Jan Wielopolski, who died in 1688 before the project was completed. The jurydyka's potential was determined by its location on important roads connecting the Wola electoral field with Old Warsaw, which created the possibility of selling or temporarily leasing the residences to nobles and magnates participating, for example, in parliamentary sessions. From a historical and architectural perspective, the most interesting residence in Wielopole was the future seat of the Lubomirski family. The first manor house was likely built at the turn of the 17th and 18th centuries. Around 1730, the property was already in the hands of Johann Sigmund Deybel, an architect associated with the king's patronage, who rebuilt it. In the mid-18th century, the property, with future land registry number 957, was acquired by the Lubomirski family. Inventories compiled in 1754, 1758, 1759, and 1762 are invaluable for reconstructing the functional and conceptual layout of the Lubomirski Palace from this period.