Wilanów Palace

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Wilanów Palace
Aerial view

Aerial view

Creation time : 1677
Castle type : palace
Conservation status: Receive
Place: Wilanów , Warsaw
Geographical location 52 ° 9 '54 "  N , 21 ° 5' 22"  E Coordinates: 52 ° 9 '54 "  N , 21 ° 5' 22"  E
Wilanów Palace (Lesser Poland)
Wilanów Palace
Wilanów Palace
Wilanów Palace from the garden

The Wilanów Palace ( Polish Pałac w Wilanowie , [ ˈpawat͡s vvilaˈnɔvjɛ ]) was built from 1677 to 1679 by Augustyn Wincenty Locci on behalf of King Jan III. Sobieski at the southern end of the Warsaw Royal Route in the Warsaw district of the same name Wilanów and is known as the Polish Versailles . Its name goes back to the Polonized Italian name "Villa Nuova".

The baroque furnishings with busts of the ancient Roman emperors and consuls as well as reliefs glorified the victories of Jan III. Sobieskis and the virtues of his wife Queen Marysieńka . There are statues of Atlas the Titan on the two towers.

history

After the death of Jan III. Sobieski, his successor, King August II the Strong, resided here until 1700. He was famous for the large and extravagant celebrations that he held in the castle. Thereafter, the palace was successively owned by the Sieniawski , Lubomirski , Czartoryski , Potocki and Branicki families , who redesigned the palace in the form of the following eras. Various villages and residences in the vicinity, such as Gucin Gaj , Morysin , Natolin , Powsiń , Służew and Ursynów, belonged to the Wilanów rule .

The palace was looted and set on fire by the German Wehrmacht in 1944 after the Warsaw Uprising ; However, due to the advance of the Red Army, they were no longer able to achieve their original goal of completely destroying this symbol of Polish culture . The palace was rebuilt in its original baroque form after the Second World War .

Palace Museum

The interior of the palace includes the styles of baroque , rococo and classicism . You can visit the library, the large dining room, the king's private apartments with original furniture, the Potocki Museum in the Etruscan Hall with numerous antique sculptures from the Potockis' collection and the living rooms with numerous paintings, including the famous portrait of Jan III. Sobieski as a warrior against the Turks on horseback. The collection of Baroque coffin portraits is the largest in the world. The White Hall of Princess Izabela Lubomirska in the Empire style deserves special attention . The facade facing the park has a sundial by the Gdańsk astronomer Johannes Hevelius , which shows the time and the zodiac sign .

Wilanów Park

Rose garden in Wilanów Park
Potocki mausoleum
St. Anne's Church

Wilanów Park was laid out in the 17th century in the Baroque style based on the Italian-French model on an area of ​​43 hectares. Later, parts of the garden were redesigned in a romantic style . Numerous park structures and sculptures decorate 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 the English Park north of the castle there are several sarcophagi belonging to the castle owners, obelisks, columns, a Chinese arbor and an orangery with an exhibition of sculpture and decoration. The rose garden to the west of the palace is in the neo-renaissance style.

In the vicinity of the castle, the baroque smithy and the baroque inn deserve attention.

Orangery and Chinese Pavilion

The palace garden has an orangery and a Chinese pavilion in the English Park.

Poster museum

Behind the monumental facade of the old riding school is a modern building with the oldest, most respected and largest art poster collection in the world.

Potocki mausoleum

In particular, the neo-Gothic tomb above the Potocki crypt deserves attention. The mausoleum was built from 1799 to 1892, the tomb was completed in 1832 based on a project by Henryk Marconi with sculptures by Jakub Tatarkiewicz and Konstanty Hegel .

St. Anne's Church

St. Anne's Church in the castle park was built for Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski in the classicist style between 1772 and 1775 and rebuilt in the neo-Renaissance style by Henryk Marconi and Jan Kacper Heurich from 1857 to 1870 .

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