{"id":1808,"date":"2026-05-18T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonadurer.ch\/bonadurer-poland\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T07:56:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:56:59","slug":"bonadurer-poland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bonadurer.ch\/en\/bonadurer-poland\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonadurer Poland"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1808\" class=\"elementor elementor-1808 elementor-140\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-397846a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"397846a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82302bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"82302bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f30b83c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f30b83c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6B1F1A;margin-bottom:20px\">\u2014 Home \u00b7 Bonadurer Worldwide \u00b7 Poland<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75118f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75118f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"font-family:monospace;font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.22em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#6B5E4E;margin-bottom:8px\">Bonadurer Worldwide \u00b7 Poland<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63a4c2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63a4c2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bonadurer <em>Poland<\/em>.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4f1a8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4f1a8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-size:18px;line-height:1.65;color:#3A3128;max-width:540px;margin-top:16px\">In the 17th century, two architects named Christoforo Bonadura from Graub\u00fcnden worked in Poland \u2014 and in the 20th century, an architect named Ralph Bonadurer worked in Oregon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c5948a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1c5948a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d7abb1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d7abb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86da54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"86da54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:600;color:#1C1814;margin:32px 0 12px\">Christoforo Bonadura \u00b7 17th Century<\/h3><p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.75;color:#3A3128;margin-bottom:18px\">According to Prof. Dr. Karpowicz, Professor of Art History at the University of Warsaw, the name Bonadurer appeared in various documents in Poland several years ago. They refer to two very famous architects, father and son, named Christoforo Bonadura from Graub\u00fcnden. In their homeland, they were likely named <strong>Christian Bonadurer<\/strong>.  <\/p><p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.75;color:#3A3128;margin-bottom:18px\">They lived and worked in Poland during the 17th century. These two are said to have built several significant ecclesiastical and civil buildings \u2014 including the large Carmelite Church in Pozna\u0144. <\/p><p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.75;color:#3A3128;margin-bottom:18px\">Did their ancestors emigrate from Versam and achieve prosperity in Poland, enabling their descendants to become architects?<\/p><h3 style=\"font-family:'Cormorant Garamond',serif;font-size:28px;font-weight:600;color:#1C1814;margin:32px 0 12px\">Ralph Bonadurer \u00b7 Salem, Oregon<\/h3><p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.75;color:#3A3128;margin-bottom:18px\">First Church of Christ Scientist, 935 High Street, Salem, Oregon, 97302: <em>&#8220;Mr. Ralph Bonadurer, an architect from Poland, designed the building. He included a beautiful round stained glass window taken from the ceiling of the old church. The pews came from California, the stone from the state of Washington, and the Moeller Organ came from Forest Grove, Oregon.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:1.75;color:#3A3128;margin-bottom:18px\">Compiled by Trudy E. 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