Pałac Wallenberg-Pachaly

The Wallenberg-Pachaly Palace stands in downtown Wrocław (Breslau) on Karol Szajnocha Street. Built between 1785 and 1787 to designs by Carl Gotthard Langhans, it originally served as a family residence and later as a bank building. Its architecture is striking, with a rusticated ground-floor facade, smoothly plastered upper stories, and a classical portico with Ionic columns. A particular highlight is the oval meeting hall, which features a ceiling fresco by Anton Bartsch from 1788. After the university library took over the building following 1945, its collections were moved to a new building starting in 2013, so the historic palace now stands in the city as a protected monument.