Pałac Kultury Zagłębia

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The Zagłębie Palace of Culture (Polish: Pałac Kultury Zagłębia), formerly known as the Zagłębie House of Culture (Polish: Dom Kultury Zagłębia), and the Dąbrowa Palace of Culture (Polish: Dąbrowski Pałac Kultury), is a public building constructed between 1951 and 1958 according to the design of Zbigniew Rzepecki in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland. The building is listed as a heritage site in the register of monuments in the Silesian Voivodeship (registration number A/690/2020).

History: The concept of building the Zagłębie Palace of Culture originated in 1945. It was initiated by Aleksander Zawadzki, then the Silesian-Dąbrowski Voivode and later Deputy Prime Minister. In 1949, the Committee for the Construction of the Cultural Center was established, chaired by Marian Kuzior. The design was created by Polish architect Zbigniew Rzepecki. Construction began in May 1951, led by Zjednoczenie Budownictwa Miejskiego in Sosnowiec. After seven years, the Palace was officially opened on January 11, 1958. The first administrator of the building was the Department of Culture of the Presidium of the Provincial National Council in Katowice. In 1979, it became the first of its kind in Poland to be...