Władysław Horodecki

Who was Władysław Horodecki?

Władysław Horodecki was a renown Ukrainian-Polish architect and big-game hunter, best known for his immense contributions in Kiev urban development with buildings such as the House with Chimaeras, the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Karaite Kenesa, the National Art Museum of Ukraine that transformed once a provincial city of the Russian Empire into the European capital of Ukraine.

In Ukraine Horodecki often worked along with a sculptor from Milan Emilio Sala who was an instructor at the Kiev City College.