Willa Decjusza
Willa Decjusza is a Renaissance villa whose history keeps being rewritten by its owners and by war. The site began as a manor built for Just Ludwik Decjusz in the years 1530 to 1540, with a high roof, irregularly placed windows, and a small view loggia in front of the façade. Around 1620, the Lubomirskis expanded the house—most likely with architect Maciej Trapola in mind—adding a full extra storey, two baroque bulb-shaped towers, and a loggia between them, completed with onion-like domes on the towers. In the 19th century the Ledóchowscy redesigned the building: the baroque onion helmets and mannerist bastions were removed. After 1844, Henrietta z Ankwiczów Kuczkowska commissioned a ceremonial staircase, tower balconies, and an attic. In 1882, after a fire, the villa was restored to designs by Tadeusz Stryjeński. World War I brought military barracks here; during World War II it served as the headquarters of the German police. …
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