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Ostrów Tumski from bird's eye view	Ostrów Tumski from bird's eye view	Former Lubrański's Academy - building facade	Courtyard of the Former Lubrański's Academy

he Archdiocesan Archive is situated at former building of the Lubranski Academy. The building is located to the north-side of the Cathedral. It's on the street which is called by bishop's Lubranski name. The building was built of red bricks. It has typical features of Gothic architecture. The building is quadrilateral and it has a square open area. Jan Lubranski famous lawyer and humanist, was well educated at the university in Kraków, Bologna and Rome. As the Poznan bishop he turned out to be one of the most distinguished Maecenas of science. The crowning achievement of his life was endowing the Academy which was named Academia Lubransciana. It was the oldest academy in Poznan. It came into beginning at the end of bishop's life. He died soon after the first professors was called. The building wasn't finished yet. Bishop Lubranski didn't lived to see it.

n XVII century the Academy was submitted to Academy in Kraków. In XVIII The building was adopted to library and the Theological Seminary. At that time the wooden gallery was rebuild into the closed passage. During 1924 -1925 the building was adapted to the needs of new Archive.

Painting by Jan Matejko "Foundation of Lubrański's Academy in Poznań". photo by Jerzy Nowakowski, collections of the National Museum in Poznań