Załuski Library
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The Załuski Library (Polish: Biblioteka Załuskich, Latin: Bibliotheca Zalusciana) established in Warsaw in 1747 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Roman Catholic bishops, was a public library nationalized and renamed upon its founders' death into the Załuski Library of the Republic (Polish: Biblioteka Rzeczypospolitej Załuskich) which existed until the final demise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.
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Załuski Library | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Rococo |
Town or city | Warsaw |
Country | Poland |
Construction started | 1621 |
Completed | 1624 |
Client | Józef Andrzej Załuski, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Francesco Antonio Melana (1736-1745) |
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