Marian Spychalski

Fifty years ago today Lubomirski Palace was cut from its foundations and ROTATED 74 degrees - to fit ‘aesthetic vision’ of city planners

The Lubomirski Palace was cut from its foundations and rotated 74 degrees to fit an architectural vision by aligning it with the Saxon Axis and the Tomb of Unknown Soldier. Adam Urbanek/PAP

Deciding the newly rebuilt palace interfered with their architectural concept, post-war planners placed the 8,000-tonne, 65-metre-long and 18-metre-wide palace on 16 tracks and then spent 49 days moving it to its current location.

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