Świdermajer (Architecture)

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Name (Latin)
Świdermajer (Architecture)
See Also From tracing topical name
Architecture, Domestic
Building, Wooden
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q387328
Library of congress: sh2012003765
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: 2011521597: Lewandowski, R. Twórcy stylu "świdermajer", 2011:p. 5 (wooden style of architecture originating in the Swider region southeast of Warsaw in the years 1880-1939)
  • Świdermajer website, viewed Sept. 20, 2012(Polish wooden architecture chiefly wooden villas originating around the turn of the 19th-20th century in places along the railway line from Warsaw to Otwock; term coined by the poet Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński)
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Wikipedia description:

Świdermajer (pronounced [ɕfidɛrˈmajɛr]) is a distinct Polish architectural style developed in late 19th and early 20th century in Masovia along the railroad linking Warsaw with Otwock. The style was applied almost exclusively to wooden villas of the middle classes. The buildings are located in right-bank Warsaw, Józefów and Otwock.

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