Caro Residence (Willa Caro)

Willa Caro - a historic residential residence of the industrialist Oscar Caro located in Gliwice. The residence is located in the center of Gliwice at Dolne Wałów Street. The villa has an almost completely preserved interior design. In addition to the permanent museum exhibition depicting the 19th-century residential interiors of urban industrialists, the building houses an ethnographic exhibition presenting the folk culture of the Gliwice region. This exhibition complements the trail of wooden architecture of the Silesian Voivodeship. In front of the building there is a statue of a vigil lion on a plinth. The villa is an example of a perfectly preserved 19th-century residence in the style of Renaissance villa architecture. It once belonged to Oscar Caro, an industrialist from Gliwice, and in 1934 it was donated by the city for the permanent seat of the Museum. Built in the years 1882-1885, the one-story residence (the second floor was added in the 1920s) had a large, eclectic garden. Currently, the villa and the garden are surrounded by a faithfully reconstructed stone and metal fence. The interiors have well-preserved decor: richly decorated ceilings, wood paneling, parquet floors, door and window joinery. Currently, the permanent exhibition of 19th-century residential interiors of Upper Silesian industrialists is presented in the villa. In addition, numerous temporary exhibitions, concerts, meetings, conferences and workshops accompanying exhibitions take place here. #poland #polandtravel #residence #residentialarchitecture