32 Kiełbaśnicza Street/1 Ruska Street, Wrocław, Medieval-origin tenement with a Baroque façade at Kiełbaśnicza and Ruska Streets, Wrocław, Poland
Kamienica Pod Trzema Murzynami is a medieval-origin corner tenement at Kiełbaśnicza 32 and Ruska 1, rebuilt in Baroque style around 1700 and remodelled after a 1908 fire. Its 1909–1910 reconstruction added a mansard roof with dormers and a three-storey elevation with a two-storey attic. The corner bears three full-relief figures of Black men, the house emblem.
Two two-storey houses stood on this corner plot in the 14th century; around 1700 they were joined and given a Baroque facade with six axes on the eastern and southern sides. In 1858 the investor C. Hein added a storey, and the portal was removed in 1864–1869. After a fire on 21 March 1908 the building was repaired in 1909–1910, when the mansard roof with dormers was added and part of the Baroque decoration removed.
The name "Pod Trzema Murzynami" (Under the Three Moors) was first recorded in the first half of the 19th century, when three painted figures of Moors were made, the middle one with a fully sculpted head. In the corner of the building at first-floor level, the house emblem now consists of three fully sculpted figures of Moors, placed there during the renovation. At the end of the 19th century, Eduard Buelschowsky's shop selling shawls and scarves occupied two floors of the building.
The monument is freely accessible from the outside, allowing visitors to study and photograph the architectural details and facade features. Being located at a street corner makes it easy to find and provides different angles for viewing.
The three figures of Black men at the corner were first recorded as the house emblem in the first half of the 19th century, when three painted figures were made, the middle one with a fully sculpted head. They were recreated as full sculptures during the 1997–1999 renovation, so the emblem is visible again today.
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