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The Second Coming: Egypt, Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Via Poland and Gemany
Summer 2008 Warsaw- The Royal Way - Krakowskie Przedmiescie
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The present building is a reconstruction of the complex bombed during combat in September 1939, and blown up by the Nazis in 1944. The reconstruction project was designed by Jan Boguslawski, on the basis of the prewar state (the project was put into life in the years 1971 - 1988). The Early Baroque shape, as well as gothic elevation of the inner wing of the Yard, was reconstructed, together with a set of Baroque and classicistic interiors, making use of remaining fragments of old the old structure. The Castle is a monument of national history and culture. It provides the setting for permanent exhibitions as well as temporary exhibitions of old art, for official meetings, concerts, symposia and other cultural events. The construction of the Castle was began by king Zygmunt III Waza. The Old Castle was designed by Jan Batysta Trevano and Vincenzo Scamozzi. King Wladyslaw IV added a loggiaoverlooking the garden and the so called “Wladyslawowska” tower (erected in 1637-1643, designed by Konstanty Tencall). During the reign of the Saxon kings, in the first half of the XVIII century, a New Castle (of August III Wettin) was build, with a rococo wing facing the Vistula river (constructed in 1737 - 1746, designed by Gaetano Chiaveri) and a northern wing of the Yard. The enlargement of the Castle that took part during the times of king Stanislaw August Poniatowski consisted of the southern wing (constructed in 1765 -1771, designed by Jakub Fontana) as well as Late Baroque and classicistic interiors (designed by Domenico Merlini and Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer, with paintings by Marcello Bacciarelli). Stanislaw |August, a connoiseur and patron of arts created in it a workshop run by Marcello Bacciarelli. At this time the Royal Library (designed by Domenico Merlini) was build. Its rooms of 1814 designed by Wilhelm Henryk Minter are the only original interiors in The prsesent Castle complex. |
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The site where the Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy) is situated used to belong to the king. The buildings around it were created at the time when the Castle was extended, during the reign of King Zygmunt III Waza. The Square was regulated a number of times. For example, in XVII century, when the Column of Zygmunt III Waza was built, then in the first half of the XIX century, when the viaduct of Feliks Pancer was under construction, later after the World War II when the Trasa W-Z tunnel was driven (at that time the shape of the Square was changed, and the Column of Zygmunt III Waza was moved by 6 meters), and finally after 1983, as a result of Castle reconstruction (the lower part of the gothic bridge were exposed then). |
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