Silesian Voivodeship Office (Silesian Sejm) - Katowice, Poland
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Silesian Voivodeship Office - Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm
Waymark Code: WMJNK7
Location: Śląskie, Poland
Date Posted: 12/09/2013
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Silesian Parliament or Silesian Sejm
Designed by architect Lech Wojtyczko, the Silesian Parliament was built in 1925-1929. For a very long time it was the biggest structure in Poland. Currently it hosts the offices of the Silesian Voivodship. The building has seven floors and contains one of four paternosters currently in use in Poland. The Polish architect Adolf Szysko-Bohusz announced a competition for the design of the new Silesian Parliament in 1925, who wished the building to espouse the local Polish cultural identity of the region, instead of the more customary German/ Prussian style. When the building was inaugurated in May 1929, Michal Grazynski, President of the Province of Upper silesia, called the building a "material symbol of Polish culture and power".
The building is one of the Polish National Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated October 22, 2012 and tracked by the National Heritage Board of Poland.
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