Adam Broż

He was born in 1935 in Bielsko as the son of Stanisław Broż and Urszula née Jachimska.[1][2]

He spent his youth in Kraków, where he studied art history at the Jagiellonian University (1955–1961), graduating with Master's diploma. At the same time, he developed his skills as a fine-art photographer and worked as a technical assistant at the Medical Academy in Kraków, performing scientific photography.[1][3]

In 1965 he went on a one-year scholarship of the Margrave J. S. Umiastowska Roman Foundation to Rome, planning to research on the Italian Renaissance. In Rome he met and became the secretary of Emeryk Hutten-Czapski. At once, he took the position of the secretary of the Margrave J. S. Umiastowska Foundation, chair of which was Czapski. Broż performed as a double secretary of Czapski and the foundation between 1969 and 1979.[3][4] Together with Emeryk Czapski, he went on a number of antiquarian journeys around Europe, mainly to Paris.[1] In addition, in the years 1969–1977 he was the secretary of Karol Popiel.[1][3]

In the years 1968–2012 he was the administrator of the Hospice of the Union of Polish Knights of Malta in Rome (the Hospice later renamed the House of Malta).[1] Polish scholarship holders stayed there,[3] including Jerzy Vetulani, with whom Broż established a long-term friendship.[5][6][7] Broż also worked as a tour guide, showing Polish groups around Rome.[1]

During his stay in Rome, Adam Broż completed a course in archeology of the city and its surroundings, and a course on paper conservation, including the conservation of books. He worked as a journalist.[3] He published, among others in Tygodnik Powszechny, Przekrój,[8] Kultura, Narodowiec, Nowy Dziennik,[9] and later also in magazines Niedziela and Akcent.

He helped in obtaining Italian marbles used to rebuild the interiors of the Royal Castle in Warsaw in the 1970s and 1980s.[10]

He authored a number of guide books on Rome:[11] Rome and the Vatican. A Guide (Rome 1982, five editions until 1992), History of the Holy Years (Rome 1983), Rome – Holy Year 1983. Jubilee of Redemption. Papal Bull (with B. Lewandowski, Rome 1983), Rome and Its Surroundings. Tourist Guide (Warsaw 1984), Rome. Vatican. History of the Holy Years. A Guide (Rome 2001), Rome in Polish (2009, re-issued 2014) and Vatican. Pilgrim's Guide (Warsaw 2010, with Maria Betlejewska).

Over the years, Broż has acquired a number of engravings with portraits of artists,[3][12] seventy-three of which were shown at the exhibition Portraits of Artists. Prints from the Collection of Adam Broż at the Royal Castle in Warsaw in February–May 2015.[9]

In 1984, Adam Broż was elected a member of the Free Journalists Association in Munich.[1]

He married Bożena née Sikorska, a doctor of medicine.[1]

• Kałkowski, Tadeusz (1963). Tysiąc lat monety polskiej (in Polish). Kraków.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Re-issued 1974, 1981. Photographs by Adam Broż.
• Rzym i Watykan. Przewodnik (in Polish). Plurigraf. 1982.
• Rzym – Rok Święty 1983. Jubileusz Odkupienia. Bulla papieska (in Polish). Roma: Soprani. 1983.
• Rzym i okolice. Przewodnik turystyczny (in Polish). Warszawa: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. 1984.
• Rzym. Watykan. Historia lat świętych (in Polish). Plurigraf. 2001.
• "Rzeźba dekoracyjna Sukiennic krakowskich z okresu restauracji i przebudowy przez Tomasza Prylińskiego w latach 1875–1979" (PDF). Rozprawy Muzeum Narodowego W Krakowie (in Polish) (2): 41–93. 2004.
• Watykan. Przewodnik pielgrzyma (in Polish). Przewodniki Wiedzy i Życia, Hachette Livre Polska. 2006. Co-author: Maria Betlejewska.
• Rzym po polsku (in Polish). Świat Książki. 2009. Re-issued 2014.
• Broż, Adam (2014). "Emeryk Hutten Czapski, jr: wspomnienia sekretarza" (PDF). Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU (in Polish) (13): 117–128.
• Broż, Adam (2019). "Rzymskie spotkania z Jerzym". Wybitni uczeni we wspomnieniach. Jerzy Vetulani (PDF) (in Polish). Warszawa: Biuro Upowszechniania i Promocji Nauki PAN. pp. 185–187. ISBN 978-83-63305-73-4.

• Cross pro Merito Melitensi of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1987);[9]
• Commander Cross pro Merito Melitensi (2001).[9]