Wilanów
Wilanów (from the Italian: Villa Nova ) is now a southern city district of Warsaw on the west bank of the Vistula. The southern boundary of Wilanów simultaneously represents the city limits of Warsaw dar. From 1994 to 2002 Wilanów was a city district with the status of an independent parish.
With a number of 14,000 inhabitants Wilanów is the smallest in terms of population and with 355 inhabitants / km ² of the most sparsely populated district of the Polish capital.
Wilanów Palace
Wilanów is particularly known for his palace, Palace Wilanów, the 1677-1679 Augustyn Wincenty locci by order of King Jan III. Sobieski was built and is called a Polish Versailles. The baroque interior glorified the victories of John III. Sobieski and the virtues of his wife Queen Marysieńka. After the death of Jan III. Sobieski resided his successor King August the Strong here to 1700th He was famous for the large and extravagant celebrations, which he held in the castle. After the palace passed successively into the possession of the magnate families Sieniawski, Lubomirski, Czartoryski, Potocki and Branicki that transformed the palace in the style of the following epochs. The palace was built in 1944 after the Warsaw Uprising looted and burned by the German Wehrmacht. However, your initial goal to completely destroy this symbol of the Polish nation, they could not realize due to the advance of the Red Army. The palace was rebuilt after the Second World War in its original Baroque form.
The interior includes the styles of Baroque, Rococo and Classicism. You can visit the library, the Potocki - museum with numerous sculptures and the living spaces with numerous paintings, including the famous portrait by Jan Sobieski as Turks fighters on horseback. The collection of baroque portraits grave is the largest in the world. The park- facing façade has a sundial of Gdańsk astronomer Hevelius, indicating only time but also the signs of the zodiac.
Castle Park
The park Wilanów was created in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Italian- French model on an area of 43 ha. Later parts were redesigned in the romantic style. Numerous car parks and sculptures adorn the park. The oldest part of the garden was reconstructed by Gerard Ciołek on the terraces in front of the castle in geometric shapes with fountains and figures. In English park north of the castle there are several sarcophagi of the owners of the castle, obelisks and columns. In the Neo-Renaissance style of the rose garden to the west of the palace is maintained.
Potocki - crypt
In particular, the neo-Gothic tomb on the Potocki - crypt deserves attention. The mausoleum was built from 1799 to 1892, the tomb in 1832 and designed by Henryk Marconi completed with the sculptures of Jakub Tatarkiewicz and Konstanty Hegel.
Orangerie and Chinese pavilion
The palace garden has an orangery and a Chinese pavilion in the English park. The significant Poster Museum is housed near the Orangerie.
Poster Museum
The Poster Museum in Wilanów is dedicated to the art of the poster. It collects posters from Poland and all over the world. It is situated in the renovated building of the former riding school on the grounds of the Royal Palace Wilanów.
St. Anne's Church
The St. Anne's Church in the park was built in the years 1772-1775 for Kazimierz Czartoryski Adam in the neoclassical style and rebuilt in 1857 to 1870 by Henryk Marconi Kacper and Jan Heurich 's Renaissance.