Świątynia Sybilli w Puławach
A classicist rotunda from the beginning of the 19th century in the Czartoryski Park in Puławy, housing an exhibition on Izabela Czartoryska.
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About the museum
The Temple of the Sibyl was built in 1798–1801 in the palace park at Puławy, on a steep slope above the Vistula. The designer was Piotr Aigner, and the model for the rotunda was the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli near Rome. Broad stairs lead up to the upper hall; they are decorated with stone lions given by Tsar Alexander I after his visit in 1805.
The building served as a memorial museum founded by Princess Izabela Czartoryska. She gathered in it relics of the Sieniawski, Lubomirski and Czartoryski families and objects connected with figures from Polish history and culture, in order to preserve national memory after the partitions. In 1830 the collections were taken to Paris and then to Kraków, where they became the basis of the Czartoryski Museum.
The museum in the Temple of the Sibyl was revived in 1938. Today the building belongs to the park complex of the Czartoryski Museum in Puławy and presents panel exhibitions devoted, among others, to Izabela Czartoryska. It is listed as a historic monument.
Highlights
- Rotunda built in 1798–1801 to a design by Piotr Aigner
- Modelled on the Temple of Vesta in Tivoli
- Stone lions at the stairs, a gift from Tsar Alexander I
- Exhibition on Izabela Czartoryska (1745–1835)
- Location on the slope above the Vistula in the Czartoryski Park
- Operated by
- Muzeum Czartoryskich w Puławach
Admission & discounts
| Adults | 15 zł |
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| Children & teens | freefree up to age 6 · Children up to the age of 7 enter free of charge. |
The ticket for the park buildings (Temple of the Sibyl, Gothic House and the Alexandrian Cottage) costs PLN 15 and is valid from June to September, Tuesday to Sunday. Standard and reduced tickets to the Czartoryski Palace (PLN 30 and PLN 22) in the season from June to September also cover the park buildings. Tickets are sold only by the museum’s ticket office in the Palace.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The ticket office is in the Czartoryski Palace (ground floor, Sala Tradycji – Tradition Hall). |
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