Dworek Białoprądnicki
Centrum Kultury „Dworek Białoprądnicki” occupies a historic manor-house complex on Biały Prądnik, set in the park im. Tadeusza Kościuszki. The story begins before the present building: source references to a bishop’s manor on this stretch of the Prądnik valley appear in 1421 and again in 1468. Yet the medieval manor itself has left no excavated remains, so its exact location has remained uncertain—at the time, it was believed to have stood near the Prądnik’s split into natural and artificial arms. What you see here comes from the Renaissance redesign commissioned by Archbishop of Kraków Samuel Maciejowski, who served as bishop from 1545 to 1550. Construction likely started in 1546 and was certainly completed before the middle of 1548. The palace was built in masonry with three storeys—two above ground and a cellar—and it measures about 30 by 37 metres for the main block, expanding to 34 by 42 metres when the front loggia is included. …
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