Zamek Królewski w Warszawie

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[edit] History

[edit] 17th century

Tsar Vasili IV of Russia and his Brothers before the King Sigismund III in the Senate Chamber at the Castle, 1611	Sejm session at the Royal Castle, 1622	A Solemn Audience before the Sigismund III in the Senate Chamber at the Castle, 1630	Sigismund III on his deathbed in the Guard Chamber at the Castle, 1633
Sigismund III on his deathbed in the Guard Chamber at the Castle, 1633	Opera Hall at the Royal Castle, built in 1637	Queen Bona Sforza d'Aragona. Part of 22 effigies, so-called Jagiellon Family, painted to the Marble Room, ca. 1640	Queen Cecilia Renata of Austria. Part of 22 effigies, so-called Jagiellon Family, painted to the Marble Room, ca. 1640

[edit] 18th century

View of Warsaw from the Royal Castle in 1773

The Constitution of May 3, 1791, is adopted by the "Great" or Four-Year Sejm of 1788–92 at the Senate Chamber

[edit] 19th century

The Castle in 1830, xylograph depicting the early stages of the November Uprising in Warsaw

The Castle in 1860

Russian army in Warsaw 1861 during martial law

Throne of Stanisław Augustus Poniatowski displayed in the Moscow Kremlin

[edit] 20th century

Castle Square, ca 1910

Kierbedz Bridge and the riverside view of the Castle

Polish airship "Lech" over Royal Castle
Polski sterowiec "Lech" na Zamkiem Królewskim

Aerial view of the Castle in the 1920s

[edit] Demolition

On September 17, 1939 (date of the Soviet invasion of Poland) the Castle was shelled by German artillery. In 1944, after the collapse of the Warsaw Uprising, the Germans blew up the Castle’s demolished walls.

[edit] September 17, 1939

[edit] 1940-1944

[edit] 1945

[edit] Today

[edit] Exterior

The Royal Castle Zamek Królewski	The Royal Castle Zamek Królewski	Monument to king Sigismund III Vasa, king of Poland and Sweden Kolumna Zygmunta	Warsaw's Castle Square Plac Zamkowy
Aerial view of the Castle	Castello Reale, cortile interno, torre di Ladislao, 1571 e 1637-1643)	Castello Reale, cortile interno, finestre gotiche e rinascimentali (ala gotica, XV secolo)	Riverside view of the Castle
Copper-Roof Palace and the Library	Copper-Roof Palace

[edit] Interior

The Old Chamber of Deputies	National Hall	Great Assembly Hall	Council Chamber
Marble Room	Yellow Room	Canaletto Room	Throne Room
Royal Chapel	The King's bedchamber	Faun sculpture	Spiral staircase

[edit] Paintings in the Canaletto Room

Election of Stanisław August Poniatowski	View of Warsaw	Krakowskie Przedmieście	St. Anne's Church in Warsaw
Wilanów Palace	New Town Market Square	St. Mary Church	View on Warsaw from Royal Castle
The Iron Gate Square	Łazienki Park	Krakowskie Przedmieście	Krasiński Palace
Miodowa Street	Brygidki Church on the corner of Nalewki St.	Visitationist Church	Wilanów Palace as seen from north-east