Myślewicki Palace

The early classical Myślewicki Palace (Polish Pałac Myślewicki ) in Warsaw is located in the Royal Baths Park and dates from the 18th century. The small, architecturally interesting palace was home to as a guesthouse Polish governments significant politician.

The Palace is located at the end of running outside the park access road Ulica Myślewiecka, (now a pedestrian zone) opens into the park on the Ulica Agrykola. About 150 meters to the west lies the Lazienki Palace. Before Myślewicki Palace there is a small roundabout, on the southern side of the body set up by Tylman van Gameren Large Offizine, also known as ensign school (Polish Podchorążówka ) is known, is located. About 200 meters to the south behind the palace are the building of today's Museum of Hunting and Horsemanship in the Royal Baths Park.

History

The name of the palace is based on the once here nearby village Myślewice. The building was built for Stanisław August Poniatowski; it was one of the first construction projects in the Royal Baths Park. The royal architect Dominik Merlini created the palace in the years 1775 to 1778 in three phases. First, the core building was built on a rectangular plan. Later lateral pavilions, which were eventually connected to the main buildings were constructed.

Although originally intended as housing for senior officials of the royal court, the palace has been taken over about 1779 by the nephew of the king, Józef Antoni Poniatowski. From the 19th century, the building then the respective Polish governments served as a guest house. So it was the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte. Later it took generals stationed in Warsaw, Russian troops quarters. In the period between the World Wars lived in the palace General Bolesław Wieniawa - Długoszowski and statesman Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski. During the Second World War the palace was not destroyed one of the few such objects in Warsaw.

At the time of the People's Republic of Poland official visitors were housed from abroad in the building. Among them were Indira Gandhi and Richard Nixon. On September 15, 1958, the historically significant first meeting between ambassadors of the United States and the People's Republic of China was held in the palace. More such meetings were held here until 1972. Since 1980 he is part of the palace and park ensemble of the Royal Lazienki Park Museum.

Architecture

The building follows the plan of a wide horseshoe. It consists of a three-storey main building with its high, dominating the entrance niche (which by all projectiles runs ), two quarter-circle round wings in - leak pavilions - also rectangular. The roof has echoes of Chinese constructions. In the design of the facades elements of the Rococo were connected with the style of early classicism. In niches at the entrance are two of Jakub Monaldi created sculptures of Flora and Zephyr. In the vault of the high input niche initials Jozef Poniatowski contained in a circular cartridge.

Inside the palace the original equipment has remained largely intact. These include paintings by Jan Bogumil Plersch and Antoni Gerżabka, ornaments and stucco. Worth seeing are, above all, the dining room with views of Rome and Venice, as well as an old bathroom.