History of the Palace on Foksal Street

Construction of the palace

In 1870, Konstanty Zamoyski became the owner of these grounds.
The palace was built between 1875–1877 according to a design by architect Leandro Marconi.
Architectural style: Neo-Renaissance, in the style of the late French Renaissance, drawing on the aesthetics of Baroque residences.
The palace was built in the classic entre cour et jardin layout — with a courtyard on Foksal Street and a garden on the other side.
The entrance gate, decorated in the late Baroque style, separates the courtyard from the street.

Zamoyski Palace became a distinctive feature of the Foksal landscape, closing off the view down the street—it is one of the few buildings of this kind to have survived the war relatively undamaged.
In 1923, Marshal Ferdinand Foch visited the palace—the reception had great symbolic significance (including for Polish-French relations).
In 1940, Adam Zamoyski (the entail holder of Kozłówka) died in the palace.

During World War II, the palace was devastated, although—compared with many other buildings in Warsaw—it suffered relatively little damage.
After the war, the palace was nationalized (or taken over by the authorities) and in 1949 transferred to the Association of Polish Architects (SARP).
Between 1964 and 1968, on SARP's initiative, an exhibition pavilion was added to the north (designed by, among others, Marek Bieniewski, Jerzy Przeradowski, Włodzimierz Panorski and Władysław Wierzbicki).
During one of the renovations (in 2022), a decorative detail in the form of a goat's head was uncovered on the garden façade—a symbolic element of the Zamoyski coat of arms.

The building has been listed in the register of historic monuments as a historic property (registration no. 659/1), and its park as a historic landscape (registration no. 658), since 1 July 1965.
Thanks to the efforts of conservators and investors, the palace retains many of its principal architectural and artistic features, while its interiors and surroundings—despite their adaptation for public use—still convey the spirit of 19th-century style.