Potocki Palace Complex was founded in 1672-1682 by the owner of the city of Stanislaviv (now Ivano-Frankivsk), Hetman Andriy Potocki. The palace complex and the town remained a private estate of the wealthy magnate Potocki family until 1802. Its representatives at different times held high positions at the court of the Polish king. At various times, the owners of the city received in their residence many honored guests, among them: Jan Sobieski, who twice visited the city in the status of Hetman of the Polish Crown and the King of Poland; Transylvanian Prince Francis Rakoczy; Hanna — the wife of Pylyp Orlyk; Austrian Emperor Joseph II. After the bankruptcy of the last owner in 1801, the residence passed to the state treasury. From 1804 to 2004, the complex functioned as a military hospital of the states to which the city belonged (Austrian, Polish, German, Soviet, and Ukrainian).