Nowe spojrzenie na pałac biskupów płockich w Broku
A New Assessment of the Płock Bishops’ Palace in Brok

Summary/Abstract: The issue of the episcopal palace – or villa – in Brok has been addressed in numerous studies. The nearly complete destruction of the structure, however, made it difficult to conduct in-depth research into its original architecture and to define the circle of its potential builders. The function of the building and the relevant terminology were unclear as well, since some sources referred to it as a castle. On the basis of visual documentation and hitherto unknown and unused written sources, the article presents new findings on the architecture of the palace, enabling its full reconstruction. These findings not only materially supplement its construction history, but also open up interesting research perspectives on the questions of the palace’s stylistic ori- gins, the builders involved in its construction, its function, significance, and finally the place it occupied in the residential architecture of Poland in the first quarter of the 17th century.

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