CLĂDIREA FOSTEI ŞCOLI EPARHIALE POLONEZE A BISERICII ROMANO-CATOLICE DIN CHIŞINĂU. ASPECTE ISTORICO-ARHITECTURALE

Abstract

The building’s plan of the Polish diocesan school of the Roman Catholic Church in Chisinau developed by the architect S. P. Zalevsky was approved in 1900. The construction of the edi- fice was started in 1901 according to the initiative of the Council of the Roman Catholic Church. The author of the project applied the principle of corridors when all the classes and rooms of the school were entered from a passage located closer to the courtyard. As for the main facade, the rhythm of the windows is interrupted in two avant-corps with frontons and pilasters. In the upper part of the build- ing there is a frieze with small raised squares protruding from the outside of the border. The same geometric motif with rows of squares or raised rectangles repeated on the decoration of the frontons and the sill plates under the windows. On the frontons there were original wooden elements such as beautifully crafted straps and consoles, which reminded some extent of traditional Polish architecture. During the exploitation, several changes occurred in the volume and exterior appearance of the historical building. Today the former Polish diocesan school’s edifice requires reconstruction works to strengthen the resistance structure, as well as the restoration according to scientific principles.