Royal Route

Royal Route, and Aleje Ujazdowskie is closed by a palace located at their end – Belweder. Built in 1659 r, originally as a villa for the Grand Chancellor of the Crown, Krzysztof Pac. The name means (translated from English. Italian) beautiful view. The location of the object on a high slope actually justifies this name. The next owners, probably wooden, were the original building – Lubomirski – replaced with a baroque one, brick, a two-story palace with 2 outbuildings situated perpendicular to the main body and surrounding the courtyard. From 1767 r. the palace was owned by King Stanisław Poniatowski, which in his outbuilding north. arranged in the years 1768-83 earthenware manufacture. After the king's death, the palace was owned by Prince Józef Poniatowski, and then O. Kicki. After 1818 r. became the residence of Grand Duke Konstanty and was soon rebuilt according to the design. Jakub Kubicki. In the night 29 November 1830 r. Belweder Palace was the site of a failed attempt on Grand Duke Konstanty – the events initiating the November Uprising and the resulting Polish-Russian war 1831 r. In years 1918-22 Belweder was the seat of the Chief of State – Józef Piłsudski, then presidents G.. Narutowicz and St.. Wojciechowski, and in years 1926-35 again the residence of Józef Piłsudski. During the Nazi occupation, the palace was the seat of Hans Frank, after the war, the residence of Bolesław Bierut, and then chairmen of the Council of State and Polish presidents. Currently, it is a representative state residence (also a museum that is open periodically – entrance only for people with ID documents on the basis of prior reservation). Belweder Palace is the last stage of the journey along the Royal Route.

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