Bandinelli Palace

Bandinelli Palace
Палац Бандінеллі
The Bandinelli Palace at Market Square, Lviv
Interactive map of the Bandinelli Palace area
General information
Architectural style	Renaissance
Location	Lviv, Ukraine, 2 Market Square
Coordinates	49.84254°N 24.03250°E / 49.84254; 24.03250
Current tenants	Lviv Historical Museum
Completed	1589
Renovated	1737–1739
Client	Jarosz 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 which had the building thoroughly repaired and restored.

Further reading

• Вуйцик В. С., Липка Р. М. Зустріч зі Львовом. Львів: Каменяр, 1987. С. 47-48.
• Лемко Ілько. Палац Бандінеллі.

External links

• Media related to Bandinelli Palace at Wikimedia Commons