The salamander on the slope

The purchase of the site and the construction of the building in the 1930s were fraught with controversy. The first issue was that the cost of building the road along the mountain ridge was to be met by the military. Officially, the property was to serve as a guest house for officers, but Kasprzycki’s true intentions – and his willingness to use his connections and social position to achieve personal goals – remained the stuff of legend. It was also an open secret that the general had a great fondness not for his wife, but for the actress Zofia Kajzerówna. As a result, the Salamandra Hotel acquired an unofficial and slightly mocking nickname - the Kajzerhof. But let’s leave that path before things get too tabloid and turn to what’s happening there now, not far from Gubałówka hill. The mountain dictates the design The villa was designed almost a century ago by Warsaw architect Aleksander Więckowski. As contemporary architect Aleksander Bernatowicz, wh