Wilanów Palace
The Wilanów Palace (Polish Pałac w Wilanowie, [ pawat͡s vvilanɔvjɛ ] ) was from 1677 to 1679 by Augustyn Wincenty locci by order of King Jan III. Sobieski is built on the southern end of the Warsaw Royal Route in Warsaw's Wilanów same name and called Polish Versailles. Whose name goes back to the Polonised Italian name "Villa Nuova ".
The baroque interior with busts of ancient Roman emperors and consuls, and reliefs glorifying the victories Jan III. Sobieski and the virtues of his wife Queen Marysieńka. On the two towers are statues of Atlas and the Titans.
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History
After the death of Jan III. Sobieski resided his successor King August II 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 forms of the following epochs. To rule Wilanów included various villages and residences in the vicinity, such as Gucin Gaj, Morysin, Natolin, Powsin, Służew or Ursynów.
The palace was built in 1944 after the Warsaw Uprising plundered by the German Wehrmacht and set on fire; However, its original goal to completely destroy this symbol of Polish culture, 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.
Palace Museum
The interior of the palace includes the styles of Baroque, Rococo and Classicism. You can visit the library, Large dining room, the private apartments of the king with original furniture, the Potocki Museum in Etruscan hall with numerous ancient sculptures from the collection of Potocki and the living spaces with numerous paintings, including the famous portrait of John III. Sobieski as Turks fighters on horseback. The collection of baroque coffin portraits is the largest in the world. Special attention deserves the White Hall of the Princess Izabela Lubomirska in the Empire style. The park- facing façade has a sundial, the Danzig astronomer Johannes Hevelius, indicating only time but also the signs of the zodiac.
Wilanów Park
The Wilanów Park was created in the 17th century in Baroque style by the Italian- French model on an area of 43 hectares. Later parts of the garden 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, fountains and figures. In English park north of the castle there are several sarcophagi of the owners of the castle, obelisks, columns, balconies and a Chinese and an orangery with an exhibition of sculpture and decoration. In the Neo-Renaissance style of the rose garden to the west of the palace is maintained.
Near the castle, the baroque forge and the Baroque inn deserve attention.
Orangerie and Chinese pavilion
The palace garden has an orangery and a Chinese pavilion in the English park.
Poster Museum
Behind the monumental façade of the old riding school is a modern building with the oldest, most prestigious and largest art poster collection in the world.
Potocki mausoleum
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.
St. Anne's Church
The St. Anne's Church in Castle 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.
References
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- Official Website of Warsaw ( Polish, English )
- Polska na Weekend. Pascal 2005, ISBN 83-7304-423- X ( Polish)