Cast iron as an inseparable element of Radom tenements from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries on the example of balconies on Piłsudskiego Street

Abstract

Radom is one of the main centres for the occurrence of historical/historic cast-iron architectural castings. This article presents a part of this resource – a set of metal (cast-iron) balconies adorning tenement houses in a representative section of Radom’s city centre – Piłsudskiego Street. The typology of constructions is discussed, along with the patterns (models) that occur in the section in question (with a breakdown by address). The analysis indicates that metal balconies or, looking at it more broadly, cast-iron detailing, are an inseparable element of Radom’s historic buildings.