New Town Hall

The new Town Hall in Lublin is currently the seat of the municipal authorities, so it can be viewed only from outside or while handling official matters.

Architecturally interesting building attracts attention with its high tower and four-column portico. The classicistic building is a tourist attraction of the city. The New Town Hall owes its name to the reconstruction in the years 1947 - 1952 in the place of the former town hall, destroyed by war bombings and finally burnt in 1944. The author of the edifice's design was Ignacy Kędzierski, who in his project used the external form of the original town hall, transforming its interiors so that they would serve the new needs of officials.

An interesting fact is that in the current cabinet of the city president hangs a picture of Filip Dombeck showing the entry of general Zajączek to Lublin in 1826. This work has a huge iconographic value for historians investigating the development of the city of Lublin.

The first town hall also had its predecessor, which was the church and monastery of the Discalced Carmelites from the first half of the 17th century standing there. The Renaissance temple was destroyed during a fire in Krakowskie Przedmieście in 1803. The monks changed the lodgings, and the ruins went into private hands, and later were bought by the city and intended for the construction of the Municipal Office.