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Szymon Bogumil Zug, born Simon Gottlieb Zug (February 20 1733 – August 11 1807) and also known as Zugk, was a renowned Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
-German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 classicist architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 and designer of gardens.






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Szymon Bogumil Zug, born Simon Gottlieb Zug (February 20 1733 – August 11 1807) and also known as Zugk, was a renowned Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
-German
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 classicist architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 and designer of gardens. Born in Merseburg
Merseburg

Merseburg is a town in the south of the Germany state of Saxony-Anhalt on the river Saale, approx. 14 km south of Halle . It is the capital of the Saalekreis district....
 in Saxony
Electorate of Saxony

The Electorate of Saxony or Duchy of Upper Saxony was an independent hereditary Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 1356?1806. It was the successor state of the Duchy of Saxe-Wittenberg and was itself replaced in Napoleonic times by the Kingdom of Saxony ....
, he spent most of his life in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
, where in 1768 he was ennobled
Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
.

One of the most versatile and prolific architects of his epoch, Zug was the author of several dozen projects of palaces and churches. As a garden designer he represented an early romanticist style. Among the most notable buildings designed by Zug are:
  • Lutheran Holy Trinity Church in Warsaw, also known simply as Zug's Church (1777-1782)
  • Natolin
    Natolin

    Natolin is a historic park and nature reserve on the southern edge of Warsaw, Poland. "Natolin" is also the name of a neighborhood located to the west of the park ? a part of Warsaw's southernmost Ursyn?w district....
     palace (1780-1782)
  • Mlociny
    Mlociny

    Metro Mlociny is one of the Warsaw Metro stations. It became the 21st station of the Warsaw Metro when it opened on25th October 2008. It is the northern end of the first metro line and also serves as a major transfer point between different modes of transport in Warsaw....
     palace (1786)
  • Blank's Palace (; 1762-1764)
  • Poniatowski
    Poniatowski

    Poniatowski is the surname of a Poland szlachta family. Because Polish adjectives have different forms for the genders, Poniatowska is the same name for a female family member....
    's palace (1772)
Zug also supervised the refurbishment of Warsaw Arsenal
Warsaw Arsenal

Warsaw Arsenal is a building of a military arsenal in Warsaw, Poland. It is located at Dluga street, in the proximity of the Star?wka. Throughout the ages the building served a variety of roles....
, designed the romanticist ruins in the garden of Arkadia
Arkadia

Arkadia may refer to:* Arcadia, a region of Greece, also known as Arkad?a* Arkadia , a shopping mall in Warsaw, Poland*Arkadia, Lowicz County in L?dz Voivodeship ...
 near Lowicz
Lowicz

Lowicz [] is a town in central Poland with 30,383 inhabitants . It is situated in the L?dz Voivodeship ; previously, it was in Skierniewice Voivodeship ....
. He died in Warsaw
Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
.