Prace badawczo-konserwatorskie w pałacu Pod Krzysztofory w latach 1917–2005. Wybór

RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION WORKS AT KRZYSZTOFORY PALACE BETWEEN 1917 AND 2005. A SELECTION The first and most important conservation in the history of Krzysztofory Palace was carried out between 1917 and 1918 in accordance with the design drawn up by an architect, Wacław Krzyżanowski, and a conservation officer, Professor Wiesław Zarzycki. Another conservation project was embarked on in the 1920s, when the bottom-storey elevation fronting Szczepańska Street was renovated and the fourth storey was added on top of the wing overlooking Szczepańska Street. Directly after World War II, the building was in a catastrophic condition. In the 1950s major renovation and conservation works were carried out in the cellars underneath the wing and in the courtyard. In 1973 the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków became the administrator of the entire building. That period saw a conservation of the Fontana Room and the former chapel with stuccoes by Baldassare Fontana, situated on the second floor, in the western wing facing Szczepańska Street. Also, the reconstruction of the former coach house was brought to an end, and a repair of the building at 4 Jagiellońska Street was commenced. Among the works carried out in the 1980s was a modernization of the heating system, a repair of the ceiling in the attic, and a conservation of the roofing. The 1990s were marked by a repair and conversion of the rooms on the bottom storey of the annex from the direction of Szczepańska Street (Cricoteka) and a conservation of the baroque marble floor (referred to as a “chapel”) on the first floor of the western wing of the palace with stuccoes by Baldassare Fontana. The courtyard of the palace was restored between 1998 and 2000. Another stage in the repair and conservation of Krzysztofory Palace began in 2001. It consisted in reinforcing the ceiling and securing the stuccoes above the Fontana Hall, and in commencing a conservation of the basement, including of the fragments of polychromes discovered in the cellar from the direction of Szczepańska Street (dating from the 16th century). A survey was also carried out in parallel to each of the repair and conservation projects. A complete refurbishment of the palace began in 2005.