In 1596, a decision was made - Warsaw will be the capital of Poland. However, a few years ago, King Sigismund III Vasa moved with his court to the castle in Warsaw, which was then "royal". Previously, the building was the residence of the Mazovian princes. In the Middle Ages, a fortress was founded on this place - the core of the future capital.
As the term "capital" obliges, King Sigismund III Vasa began to expand the castle. He attracted the best Italian architects, who built a three-story building in the plan of a pentagon. Older buildings were integrated into the building body, for example, the Grodzka Tower. During the reign of Augustus III, the wing on the Vistula side was rebuilt, giving it a late baroque form. King Stanislaus August Poniatowski built the Royal Library, where he kept his rich collection of books.
In the 18th century, the Covered Palace was added to the architectural complex, named so because of the unusual for that time roof covering. In turn, in 1818-1821, the project of the architect Jakub Kubicki was implemented - classicist arcades with monumental stairs leading from the huge terrace to the gardens near the Vistula. Under the arch of the arcades lay a hidden street connecting Marienstadt with the New Town.
The castle was the site of many important events in the history of Poland. The famous Four-Year Diet was held in the castle chambers, which on May 3.1791 adopted the first constitution in Europe and the second in the world. Two years later, deputy Tadeusz Reitan protested here against the first partition of Poland, which was movingly depicted in one of his paintings by Jan Matejko. After Poland regained its independence in 1918, the castle became the residence of the President of the Republic of Poland, Ignatius Moscicki.
The time of the castle stopped on September 17.1939 at 11 o'clock.
15, when a bomb fragment hit the historic clock on the Sigismund Tower. This important center of Polish statehood soon lay in ruins. The hands of the tower clock did not move again until July 19.1974. - at the same time he stopped almost 35 years ago. During the reconstruction of the building, many authentic elements were used (for example, during the reconstruction of the oldest part - the Grodzky Tower. Also, many valuable works of art were saved from the fire of the war, for example, views of Warsaw by the Venetian artist Canaletto, which were later used by architects when rebuilding the capital. Reconstruction of the castle lasted for many years, and the work on the restoration of the Kubytsky Arcades, which began in the last decade of the 20th century, is still ongoing.
As the term "capital" obliges, King Sigismund III Vasa began to expand the castle. He attracted the best Italian architects, who built a three-story building in the plan of a pentagon. Older buildings were integrated into the building body, for example, the Grodzka Tower. During the reign of Augustus III, the wing on the Vistula side was rebuilt, giving it a late baroque form. King Stanislaus August Poniatowski built the Royal Library, where he kept his rich collection of books.
In the 18th century, the Covered Palace was added to the architectural complex, named so because of the unusual for that time roof covering. In turn, in 1818-1821, the project of the architect Jakub Kubicki was implemented - classicist arcades with monumental stairs leading from the huge terrace to the gardens near the Vistula. Under the arch of the arcades lay a hidden street connecting Marienstadt with the New Town.
The castle was the site of many important events in the history of Poland. The famous Four-Year Diet was held in the castle chambers, which on May 3.1791 adopted the first constitution in Europe and the second in the world. Two years later, deputy Tadeusz Reitan protested here against the first partition of Poland, which was movingly depicted in one of his paintings by Jan Matejko. After Poland regained its independence in 1918, the castle became the residence of the President of the Republic of Poland, Ignatius Moscicki.
The time of the castle stopped on September 17.1939 at 11 o'clock.
15, when a bomb fragment hit the historic clock on the Sigismund Tower. This important center of Polish statehood soon lay in ruins. The hands of the tower clock did not move again until July 19.1974. - at the same time he stopped almost 35 years ago. During the reconstruction of the building, many authentic elements were used (for example, during the reconstruction of the oldest part - the Grodzky Tower. Also, many valuable works of art were saved from the fire of the war, for example, views of Warsaw by the Venetian artist Canaletto, which were later used by architects when rebuilding the capital. Reconstruction of the castle lasted for many years, and the work on the restoration of the Kubytsky Arcades, which began in the last decade of the 20th century, is still ongoing.
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original
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