End of the 1920s
Late Art Nouveau, Secession architecture
The architectural ensemble has been erected first as a cinema, called Oko (transl.
 Eye) which opened in 1929 with a capacity of 600 seats.
When talking movies became the reference, the place took the name of Rewia in 1933, then Kapitol before WWII.
During German occupation, Nazi authorities kept this naming.
After the war, the activity was restarted as Orzeł (transl.
 Eagle) and has been running till 2002, when, outdated, it had to close.

In 2011, Bydgoszcz City decided to take over the building: after having undergone a thorough renovation, it now houses the city Cultural Center (Polish: Miejskie Centrum kultury or MCK).
The place comprises a cinema house, still called Orzeł.

Inspired by the Vienna Secession, the facade is covered with linear ornamentation in a form commonly called whiplash.
One can notice various organic forms, with rich stylized floral compositions (stuccos ornamenting the window) and a profusion of curvilinear, sinuous patterns (openings, gable above the main entrance).
End of the 1920s
Late Art Nouveau, Secession architecture
The architectural ensemble has been erected first as a cinema, called Oko (transl. Eye) which opened in 1929 with a capacity of 600 seats. When talking movies became the reference, the place took the name of Rewia in 1933, then Kapitol before WWII. During German occupation, Nazi authorities kept this naming. After the war, the activity was restarted as Orzeł (transl. Eagle) and has been running till 2002, when, outdated, it had to close.
In 2011, Bydgoszcz City decided to take over the building: after having undergone a thorough renovation, it now houses the city Cultural Center (Polish: Miejskie Centrum kultury or MCK). The place comprises a cinema house, still called Orzeł.
Inspired by the Vienna Secession, the facade is covered with linear ornamentation in a form commonly called whiplash. One can notice various organic forms, with rich stylized floral compositions (stuccos ornamenting the window) and a profusion of curvilinear, sinuous patterns (openings, gable above the main entrance).
Marcinkowskiego street in Bydgoszcz