Prace badawczo-konserwatorskie w pałacu Pod Krzysztofory w latach 1917–2005. Wybór

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RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION WORKS AT KRZYSZTOFORY PALACE BETWEEN 1917 AND 2005. A SELECTION

The first and most important conservation in the history  of Krzysztofory Palace was carried out between 1917  and 1918 in accordance with the design drawn up by an  architect, Wacław Krzyżanowski, and a conservation officer,  Professor Wiesław Zarzycki. Another conservation project  was embarked on in the 1920s, when the bottom-storey  elevation fronting Szczepańska Street was renovated and the  fourth storey was added on top of the wing overlooking  Szczepańska Street. Directly after World War II, the building  was in a catastrophic condition. In the 1950s major  renovation and conservation works were carried out in the  cellars underneath the wing and in the courtyard. In 1973  the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków became the  administrator of the entire building. That period saw a  conservation of the Fontana Room and the former chapel  with stuccoes by Baldassare Fontana, situated on the second  floor, in the western wing facing Szczepańska Street. Also,  the reconstruction of the former coach house was brought  to an end, and a repair of the building at 4 Jagiellońska  Street was commenced. Among the works carried out in the  1980s was a modernization of the heating system, a repair  of the ceiling in the attic, and a conservation of the roofing.  The 1990s were marked by a repair and conversion of the  rooms on the bottom storey of the annex from the direction  of Szczepańska Street (Cricoteka) and a conservation of the  baroque marble floor (referred to as a “chapel”) on the first  floor of the western wing of the palace with stuccoes by Baldassare  Fontana. The courtyard of the palace was restored  between 1998 and 2000. Another stage in the repair and  conservation of Krzysztofory Palace began in 2001. It consisted  in reinforcing the ceiling and securing the stuccoes  above the Fontana Hall, and in commencing a conservation  of the basement, including of the fragments of polychromes  discovered in the cellar from the direction of Szczepańska  Street (dating from the 16th century). A survey was also carried  out in parallel to each of the repair and conservation  projects. A complete refurbishment of the palace began in  2005.