Today is Monday, which means that right now we will be watching something interesting!
The Warsaw Royal Castle is undoubtedly one of the most important royal residences in Europe. The castle has gone down in history, becoming a symbol of Polish statehood and sovereignty.
The history of the creation of the royal castle in Warsaw dates back to the Middle Ages. Until 1526, it was the residence of the princes of Mazovia, later it became the residence of the kings, and from 1569 - the place of the meeting of the Diet of the Commonwealth of Nations, until its division in 1795. In the period from 1926 to 1939, the castle was the seat of the revived Republic of Poland. Today, the Castle is a museum widely open to the public, and it is also the site of important state ceremonies. Almost all Poles took part in restoring the castle to its former glory. Gifts, including works of art, were sent in large quantities from different parts of the world.
Particularly valuable are paintings from the collection of Stanislav Augustus, donated by Karolina Liantskoronska. Also, on the territory of the castle, there are two foundations, the property of which are works of art donated by Andrzej Tsekhanovecki and Teresa Sahakyan. Many valuable exhibits were presented by the governments of countries friendly to Poland.
The rebuilt royal castle is a work of early baroque, but the exhibits contain relics from earlier periods. The perspective of the City Palace from Zamkova Square attracts attention with its austere monumental body with balanced proportions and strong accents of towers, exquisite in their simplicity and decoration. Another detail of the castle is the wing on the Vistula side, completely rebuilt in the mid-18th century, with a late-baroque facade full of chiaroscuro effects and elegant sculptural decorations. A few decades ago, the castle did not exist in its spatial structure. However, thousands of original fragments and hundreds of authentic works of art that once filled its interior have been preserved. All of them have returned to their places and constitute the unique character of the castle, as a symbol that forms the identity of Poles.
