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Royal Castle
The royal castle is a maginificent example of baroque style - it was built in the XIVth century. In 1569
King Zygmunt III Waza moved his residence to the Royal Castle as Warsaw became the capital of Poland. Between
1598 and 1619 the king had the Royal Castle restyled into a polygon by Italian architects. In XVIIIth. century
King Augustus III turned the East wing into Baroque style while King Stanislaw Poniatowski added the Royal
library. The Royal castle served as both a residence for the kings as well as hosted Sejm sessions (Polish
parlament).
The castle is now a museum featuring housing furniture, famous paintings and other great works of art.
The fascinating interiors of Royal Castle contain many original furnishings, statues, paintings and
other objets d'art. Among the paintings are works by Bernando Bellotto and Marcello Bacciarelli.
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