Baths of Teodozja

Baths of Teodozja

Baths of Teodozja Majewski in the city of Warsaw (Warszawa), Poland (Polska). The building was built in 1835, designed by Alfons Kropiwnicki. The initiators of the building were members of Stanislaw Majewski’s family, the owner of a shop in Mariensztat. On the porch, supported by six columns, there is a bas-relief by Pawel; Malinski, depicting Neptune and the nymph Amphira surrounded by horses and sea snakes, tritons, and other mythical creatures. At the time, it housed a steam bath and a dozen or so single baths. The water was taken from the Vistula and purified in filters. Customers could take herbal baths, or those immersed with sulfur and iron. In the first half of the 19th century, when the bridge over the Vistula controlled boat traffic, the building was a toll-collection point. After the war, the façade was barely touched, but the back of the building was completely rebuilt. For many years, this was a Communist Party training centre, and today there is a secondary school and the Oriental Department of the University of Warsaw. The building of the former Teodozja Majewska Baths is an extremely attractive place to carry out ambitious research and didactic activities. The building is in a very bad technical condition; it is therefore necessary to carry out general renovation, covering both the interior and façade of the building. The Institute of Journalism, University of Warsaw will have its headquarters in the building.