The Episcopal Palace Photo: Bishop's Palace

Bishop's Palace – the Palace in Lublin, located on King street. The complex consists of two buildings and a chapel. One of them is the headquarters of the Metropolis, in the second is home to the Archbishop.

The Palace was built in the second half of the eighteenth century, and changed owners several times. One time there lived a Colonel of the Polish army, later the Palace was owned by the Imperial government, and later there was a post office.

In 1817, Paul Wagner and John Rheinberger bought the building for placement of the headquarters of the Masonic Lodge "Freedom restored." Also, in the Palace there was a society of masons, and after 1822 – criminal court of Lublin. In the twenties of the nineteenth century, the government closed the Masonic lodges, after which the Palace was transferred to the Bishop as the headquarters in 1852. The entire complex was rebuilt several times. During this period the chapel was built, connecting the two buildings. The interior of the building has been preserved parquet from oak and beech, stoves and wooden furniture. In 1880 appeared in the Palace oil lamps of sanctification – the first in Lublin.

Before the Second world war, resided in the Palace Stefan wyszyński – Polish cardinal, Archbishop-Metropolitan, who later became Primate of Poland (also Primate of the Millennium). In the postwar years, resided in the Palace of the Bishop of Lublin, a monument which was opened in the courtyard in front of the Palace in 1996. The second monument is situated in the courtyard of the Catholic University. John Paul II in Lublin.

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