Belweder

Coordinates: 52°12′47″N 21°01′40″E / 52.21306°N 21.02778°E / 52.21306; 21.02778
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Belweder
Grand Duke Constantine, Józef Piłsudski
Historic Monument of Poland
Designated1994-09-08
Part ofWarsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów
Reference no.M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 423[1]
Belweder Palace, view from Łazienki Park, below the palace

Belweder (Polish pronunciation:

Royal Baths Park
(Łazienki).

History

The present building is the latest of several that stood on the site since 1660.

Congress Kingdom of Poland. He fled from Belweder at the beginning of the November 1830 Uprising.[3]

After the re-establishment of Poland's independence following the

First World War (1918), Belweder served as the residence of Marshal Józef Piłsudski,[3] Chief of State (1918–22) and later (1926–35) Minister of Military Affairs of Poland. Intermittently, it was also the residence of President Stanisław Wojciechowski. After the May 1926 coup d'état
, the ownership of the complex had passed from Wojciechowski to Piłsudski, who died there in 1935.

During World War II, the building was extensively remodelled for Hans Frank, Governor of Nazi-occupied Poland and the so-called General Government. It remains one of the few original structures in Warsaw to survive the war.

In 1945–1952 it was the residence of

Council of State. From 1989 to July 1994, it was the official residence of Poland's presidents (Wojciech Jaruzelski and Lech Wałęsa), but proved too small for that purpose. Later on president Bronisław Komorowski
used it as his private residence.

Belweder is normally used by the president and the government for ceremonial purposes, while the president resides at the "Presidential Palace" in the city center. It also serves as an official residence for heads of state on official visits to Poland and other important guests. There have been plans to turn the Belweder Palace into a museum dedicated to Józef Piłsudski. Currently it houses a small exhibition devoted to the Marshal.[3]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii., M.P. z 1994 r. Nr 50, poz. 423
  2. ^ "Belweder". www.warsawtour.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2009-09-06. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
  3. ^ a b c d "Belvedere". eGuide / Treasures of Warsaw on-line. Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved 2009-03-23.

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