Kamienica Celejowska (Celej House) is also known as “St Bartholomew” due to the figure of the saint on the right-facing facade. It was also called the Black House due to the dark colour of its facade. It is not known when exactly it was built but it was probably in the 16th century. The owner of the house was rich merchant and town councillor Bartłomiej Celej. It was built of limestone. The house has two storeys and a typical layout. On the ground floor there is a spacious hall and two adjacent rooms. On the first floor there are four rooms with wooden ceilings. In the biggest room there is a column between the windows. The richly decorated facade has all the characteristic forms used by the sculptors and builders of the time. There are animals, plants, and cherubs. On this particular facade there is Jesus Christ as the Saviour of the world, and St Mary as the Queen of Heaven. On the left there is St John the Baptist with a cross and on the right is St Bartholomew with a knife...
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Kamienica Celejowska (Celej House) is also known as “St Bartholomew” due to the figure of the saint on the right-facing facade. It was also called the Black House due to the dark colour of its facade.
It is not known when exactly it was built but it was probably in the 16th century. The owner of the house was rich merchant and town councillor Bartłomiej Celej. It was built of limestone.
The house has two storeys and a typical layout. On the ground floor there is a spacious hall and two adjacent rooms. On the first floor there are four rooms with wooden ceilings. In the biggest room there is a column between the windows.
The richly decorated facade has all the characteristic forms used by the sculptors and builders of the time. There are animals, plants, and cherubs. On this particular facade there is Jesus Christ as the Saviour of the world, and St Mary as the Queen of Heaven. On the left there is St John the Baptist with a cross and on the right is St Bartholomew with a knife (the tool of his martyrdom).
After World War II, Karol Siciński had his architectural studio there. It was there where the reconstruction of Kazimierz Dolny was planned and prepared. In 1964 the house became the seat of the Regional Museum, which in 1972 became the Kazimierz Dolny Museum and in 1987, was given the name of Nadwislanskie Museum. Nowadays, the house exhibits works of artists who were inspired by Kazimierz Dolny.
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