Palace sights in Warsaw
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Łazienki Park
Łazienki Park - pronounced wah-zhen-kee - is a beautiful park of manicured greens and wild patches. Its popularity extends to families, Sunday strollers, proud peacocks, and the many red squirrels that call it home.
Łazienki Park - pronounced wah-zhen-kee - is a beautiful park of manicured greens and wild patches. Its popularity extends to families, Sunday strollers, proud peacocks, and the many red squirrels that call it home. Once a hunting ground attached to Ujazdów Castle, Łazienki was acquired by King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1764 and transformed into a splendid park complete with palace, amphitheatre and various follies and other buildings. The centrepiece …
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Wilanów Palace
The best place to start exploring the complex is Wilanów Palace. Its highlights include the two-storey Grand Entrance Hall, the Grand Dining Room, and the Gallery of Polish Portraits, featuring a collection of paintings from the 16th to 19th centuries. Note the so-called coffin portraits – a very Polish feature – that are images painted on a piece of tin or copperplate personifying the deceased, then attached to the coffin during the funeral. The exterior of the palace is adorned with impressive murals, including a 17th-century sundial with a bas-relief of Chronos, god of time. As guides are expensive, you might be better off picking up an audio-guide (6zł).
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Palace on the Water
Palace on the Water is the former residence of king Stanisław August Poniatowski. It straddles an ornamental lake (gondola rides 6/4zł per adult/child) and like most other Łazienki buildings was designed by the court architect Domenico Merlini. During WWII the Nazis attempted to blow it up, but succeeded only in starting a fire that destroyed much of the 1st floor. Renovated and refurbished, the palace is open to guided tours – highlights include the 17th-century marble reliefs depicting scenes from Ovid’s Metamorphoses gracing the original bathhouse ( łazienki in Polish, hence the name), and the ornate ballroom.
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Wilanów Gardens and Parks
The side gate next to the northern wing of the Wilanów palace leads to the Wilanów gardens and parks, which, like the palace itself, display a variety of styles. The central part comprises a manicured, two-level Baroque Italian garden, which extends from the palace down to the lake, the south is Anglo-Chinese in design, and the northern section is an English landscape park.
Get to Wilanów on bus 116 or 180 from any stop on ul Krakowskie Przedmieście, ul Nowy Świat or Al Ujazdowskie.
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Radziwiłł Palace
The neoclassical Radziwiłł Palace is guarded by four stone lions and an equestrian Statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski. The prince was the nephew of the last Polish king, Stanisław August Poniatowski, and commander in chief of the Polish army of the Duchy of Warsaw created by Napoleon. Today the palace is the official residence of the president.
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Ostrogski Palace
A short detour east of Ul Nowy Świat along ul Ordynacka leads to Ostrogski Palace. Situated on a high fortified platform on the Vistula escarpment, the small Baroque palace (again designed by Tylman van Gameren) is today the seat of the Chopin Society, which hosts recitals and chamber music concerts in a lovely concert hall inside.
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Belvedere Palace
The 18th-century Belvedere Palace at the southern limit of Al Ujazdowskie. It served as the official residence of Marshal Józef Piłsudski (from 1926 to 1935) and Polish presidents from 1945 to 1952 and 1989 to 1994, and now houses an upmarket restaurant.
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Wilanów Orangery
The Wilanów Orangery , off the northern wing of the palace, features decorative art and sculpture from the 16th to 19th centuries.
Get to Wilanów on bus 116 or 180 from any stop on ul Krakowskie Przedmieście, ul Nowy Świat or Al Ujazdowskie.
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Krasiński Palace
The 1677 Krasiński Palace, designed by the ubiquitous Tylman van Gameren, is considered one of the most splendid Baroque palaces in Warsaw. Today it's a branch of the National Library, and if you ask nicely you may be let inside.
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Jabłonowski Palace
The neoclassical Jabłonowski Palace, opposite the Teatr Wielki on Plac Teatralny, served as the town hall from 1817 until WWII, when it was dismantled due to damage sustained. It was completely rebuilt in 1997.
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