The Royal Castle in Warsaw The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a baroque castle residency that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town....
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The Royal Castle in Warsaw The Royal Castle in Warsaw is a baroque castle residency that formerly served throughout the centuries as the official residence of the Polish monarchs. It is located in the Castle Square, at the entrance to the Warsaw Old Town. Originally it was the residence of the dukes of Mazovia, and since the sixteenth century, the seat of government of the First Republic: the King and the Parliament. In the nineteenth century, after the fall of the November Uprising, designed for the Russian government. During World War I, the Governor General's residence of the German. From 1920 to 1922 the seat of the Head of State, 1926-1939 residence of the President of the Polish Republic. Burned and looted by the Germans in 1939, almost completely destroyed in 1944. After 1971 it was rebuilt and reconstructed. Today is a historical and cultural monument of national museum functions and representation. It is entered in the National Register of Museums. In 1979, the historic Gatewa
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