Bandinelli Palace

Bandinelli Palace
Палац Бандінеллі
The Bandinelli Palace at Market Square, Lviv
General information
Architectural style
Renaissance
LocationLviv, Ukraine, 2 Market Square
Coordinates49°50′33″N 24°01′57″E / 49.84254°N 24.03250°E / 49.84254; 24.03250
Current tenantsLviv Historical Museum
Completed
1589
Renovated1737–1739
ClientJarosz Wedelski

Bandinelli Palace (Italian: Palazzo Bandinelli; Ukrainian: Палац Бандінеллі; Polish: Kamienica Bandinellich we Lwowie) is a late Renaissance townhouse (kamienica) facing Market Square in Lviv, Ukraine. It was built in 1589 by a pharmacist Jarosz Wedelski, and in 1634 it was bought by a Florentine merchant, Roberto Bandinelli, known as the founder of the first post office in eastern Galicia. That office was housed in the building from 1629 onward, and was closed in a few years when the business became unprofitable.

History

During the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648), a mint operated in the courtyard of the tenement house, which was moved from Kraków during the war.

The house was considerably renovated in 1737-1739. In the 19th century the palace was used as a bookshop and a meeting place for the local literati. Poet Kornel Ujejski lodged here. The Soviet authorities gave the house to the Lviv Historical Museum [uk] which had the building thoroughly repaired and restored.

References

  1. ↑ "Львівський монетний двір, або де в середньовічному Львові карбували монети - leopolis.one". 10 July 2023.

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