Architecture of Polish mountains (Zakopane Style)

The Zakopane Style was introduced to architecture by Stanisław Witkiewicz in the nineteenth century, and we can now find fragments of this style in present buildings. The name of the style comes from the name of the place where this style first appeared in buildings.
Zakopane was a small village. In 1890, Stanislaw Witkiewicz settled in Zakopane. He was a painter, architect and theoretician of the art who has extended this city. He imitated on góral (the occupants of mountains) traditional building, and he added  to these the elements of secession. Witkiewicz extended the country hut so that the magnificent villa came into being. Villas were placed on high underpinning brick stones. Walls were adorned with bas-reliefs and floral and geometrical patterns. A veranda , and a little room on the loft, were the different characteristic element of houses. The Zakopane style was proclaimed national style. The Witkiewicz's  style found his imitators in different cities, not only on mountain terrains. In this style also furniture, home equipments, clothes,  musical instruments and souvenirs were made. The elements of góral culture also influenced composers and writers works.

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