They had been found within the Guchin Gai park advanced
Arheologists excavated a part of a mysterious system of tunnels beneath Gucin Gai – a park advanced situated within the Mokotow district of the Polish capital Warsaw. The park is situated within the former Vilanov property, one of many residences of the Vilanov royal palace.
Within the northwestern a part of Guchin Gai, close to the Church of St. Catherine, there’s a system of U-shaped tunnels with a vault, which extends for about 65 meters. On each side of the tunnel are symmetrical niches, a few of them containing three rows of niches, which create the looks of a catacomb.
Originally of the Nineteenth century, the tunnel and the encompassing space had been bought by the Polish nobleman and minister Stanislaw Kostka Potocki. Stanislaus was additionally a outstanding member of the Freemasons, receiving the title of Grand Grasp of the Grand Nationwide Orient of Poland.
Due to Potocki’s Masonic affiliation, it’s rumored that the tunnel served as a secret assembly place for Masonic ceremonies and rituals. Though no up to date sources or written proof verify this, the Register of Monuments nonetheless refers back to the tunnel as “Masonic Graves”.
The excavations on an space of 5×5 m, masking the doorway to the tunnel and a part of the inside hall, had been carried out by the Institute of Archeology of the “Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski” College in cooperation with the Workplace of the Warsaw Conservator of Monuments, reviews BGNES.
The elimination of collected soil revealed Nineteenth-century partitions that shaped the doorway from the time of Stanislaus, along with a lot earlier brick partitions courting from across the Seventeenth century. Archaeologists additionally discovered Seventeenth-century cash that assist set up the historic chronology of the tunnel, in addition to a number of gadgets from the Center Ages.
In accordance with the environmental safety workplace report, the Seventeenth-century architectural components are in all probability the stays of a cistern or glacier construction for amassing and storing water to provide the Vilanov Palace, situated a couple of kilometers away.
That is confirmed by the data of Augustin Lochi (1640 – 1732), court docket architect of Jan III Sobieski, who describes the development of a glacier and water catchment on the northern slope of Gora Slujevska (in Gucin Gai).
