PKO Rotunda: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
(summary of all changes) making this more than article than a stub, including details on the new Rotunda, what is now there, as well as the sources. |
No edit summary |
||
| (8 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[ |
[[File:MJN rotunda.jpg|thumb|Rotunda PKO in Warsaw]] |
||
[[File:Warszawa Centrum 1981 (SIK 03-035777Z).jpg|thumb|right|PKO Rotunda in 1981]] |
|||
'''PKO Rotunda''' is a [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]]-type building owned by the [[PKO BP]] bank in the center of [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. Designed from 1960–1969 by chief architect Jerzy Jakubowicz, it was the site of |
'''PKO Rotunda''' is a [[Rotunda (architecture)|rotunda]]-type building owned by the [[PKO BP]] bank in the center of [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. Designed from 1960–1969 by chief architect Jerzy Jakubowicz, it was the site of [[1979 Warsaw gas explosion|a gas explosion in February 1979]], which killed 49 people. It was opened again in October the same year. |
||
In 2015 Warsaw officials agreed to demolish the building, although it was an |
In 2015 Warsaw officials agreed to demolish the building, although it was an officially recognised monument – it was then believed that the building was fully reconstructed in 1979, after the explosion. The branch was closed on December 23, 2016. In March 2017 the builders were ordered to stop the demolition, as after a few days it was discovered that most of the building construction is, in fact, from the original building.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wyborcza.pl|url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,21506016,rotunda-konserwator-wstrzymuje-rozbiorke.html?disableRedirects=true|access-date=2020-11-28|website=warszawa.wyborcza.pl}}</ref> The building was then carefully demolished, but parts of the original constructions (the central element and the roof) were saved in order to be accommodated into the new building.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wyborcza.pl|url=https://warszawa.wyborcza.pl/warszawa/7,54420,25463027,rotunda-powrocila-po-trzech-latach-w-nowej-formie-bank-kawiarnia.html?disableRedirects=true|access-date=2020-11-28|website=warszawa.wyborcza.pl}}</ref> |
||
A new, three-level building in the same shape was opened in November 2019 - with a two-level PKO branch and a coffeeshop at the top floor<ref>{{Cite web|title=PKO Rotunda wraca na mapę Warszawy!|url=https://media.pkobp.pl/79891-pko-rotunda-wraca-na-mape-warszawy|access-date=2020-11-28|website=media.pkobp.pl|language=pl}}</ref> |
A new, three-level building in the same shape was opened in November 2019 - with a two-level PKO branch and a coffeeshop at the top floor.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PKO Rotunda wraca na mapę Warszawy!|url=https://media.pkobp.pl/79891-pko-rotunda-wraca-na-mape-warszawy|access-date=2020-11-28|website=media.pkobp.pl|language=pl}}</ref> |
||
==External links== |
|||
| ⚫ | |||
== References == |
== References == |
||
<references/> |
<references/> |
||
| ⚫ | |||
{{coord|52|13|50|N|21|00|45|E|type:landmark_region:PL-MZ|display=title}} |
{{coord|52|13|50|N|21|00|45|E|type:landmark_region:PL-MZ|display=title}} |
||
| Line 14: | Line 17: | ||
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Warsaw]] |
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Warsaw]] |
||
[[Category:Rotundas (architecture)]] |
[[Category:Rotundas (architecture)]] |
||
{{Warsaw-struct-stub}} |
{{Warsaw-struct-stub}} |
||
Latest revision as of 23:44, 5 March 2024
.jpg)
PKO Rotunda is a rotunda-type building owned by the PKO BP bank in the center of Warsaw, Poland. Designed from 1960–1969 by chief architect Jerzy Jakubowicz, it was the site of a gas explosion in February 1979, which killed 49 people. It was opened again in October the same year.
In 2015 Warsaw officials agreed to demolish the building, although it was an officially recognised monument – it was then believed that the building was fully reconstructed in 1979, after the explosion. The branch was closed on December 23, 2016. In March 2017 the builders were ordered to stop the demolition, as after a few days it was discovered that most of the building construction is, in fact, from the original building.[1] The building was then carefully demolished, but parts of the original constructions (the central element and the roof) were saved in order to be accommodated into the new building.[2]
A new, three-level building in the same shape was opened in November 2019 - with a two-level PKO branch and a coffeeshop at the top floor.[3]
External links
[edit]
Media related to Rotunda in Warsaw at Wikimedia Commons
References
[edit]- ^ "Wyborcza.pl". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Wyborcza.pl". warszawa.wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "PKO Rotunda wraca na mapę Warszawy!". media.pkobp.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2020-11-28.
52°13′50″N 21°00′45″E / 52.23056°N 21.01250°E
 | This article about a building or structure in Warsaw is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
