Branicki Townhouse in Warsaw

The Branicki Tenement, located at 40 Smolna Street in Warsaw, was built in 1903 on the initiative of Count Ksawery Branicki, who undertook the subdivision of the land adjacent to the Branicki Palace. The architectural design of the building was entrusted to Bronisław Brochwicz-Rogoyski, who created an eclectic structure distinguished by magnificent decorations and palatial interiors. The tenement was intended for the Branicki family and in later years served as the residence of, among others, the painter Franciszek Żmurko. After the destruction of World War II, including bombing in 1944, the tenement was rebuilt, although after the war it did not return to the Branicki family, as it was nationalized under the Bierut Decree. The building housed the headquarters of the Union of Polish Socialist Youth, and for a short time even the office of the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party, Bolesław Bierut. In 1988, the tenement was entered into the register of historical monuments, highlighting its cultural and historical significance. In 2014, the building came into the hands of the company Budizol Propert, and in May 2017, a four-star boutique hotel under the Indigo brand was opened there, restoring its new function and significance in the urban life of Warsaw.