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The terraces and Książ garden - Książ Castle
castles, parks and gardens
The terraces and Książ garden were developed in the eighteenth century, at first in the symmetrical French style. At the beginning of the twentieth century, the castle’s last mistress, Princess Daisy, brought about further embellishments. The British gardeners whom she engaged arranged some of the terraces in the English style, adapting them to the natural landscape. Today up to 14 terraces...
Wałbrzych
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Dolnośląskie
Castle on Birów Mountain - Ogrodzieniec Castle
towns and settlements
The castle in Birów shows us what a defensive settlement might have looked like from the times when Poland was ruled by the first Piast dynasty. The main building material was wood, but our ancestors also used earth and stones. Ramparts and a palisade protected against enemies. When building them, the natural defensive qualities of the mountain were made great use of - steep rocks and...
Ogrodzieniec
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Śląskie
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county zawierciański
The Hermitage - The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
parks and gardens
The small building was constructed amidst dense trees at a certain distance from the central buildings of the Royal Łazienki. It was supposed to be a place where its owners could find refuge from everyday hassles and spend time alone with their thoughts. The Hermitage building stands in the northern part of the garden, near the Jan III Sobieski monument. The Hermitage (ermitage in French -...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
The Narutowicz House - The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
parks and gardens
After Poland regained independence, the Royal Łazienki buildings became state property. In 1922, the Belvedere Palace was designated as the official residence of the newly elected first president of the 2nd Republic, Gabriel Narutowicz. He moved to the villa located behind the Stable and the Couch House. The building, which still exists today, was named as the Narutowicz House. It was built in...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
New Orangery - The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
parks and gardens
The building of the New Orangery (erected in 1860-1861) was designed by Adam Adolf Loewe and Józef Orłowski to shelter in cold weather the orange trees and exotic plants that were displayed in the garden in summer. Among the plants were the camphor tree, magnolias, myrtles, pomegranates and cypresses. The plants blissfully enjoyed the light and warmth of the sun through the southern glass...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
The New Guardhouse - The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
parks and gardens
In the place of the contemporary New Guardhouse, an entertainment pavilion known as Trou-Madame was built in the years 1779-1780. Its name came from a popular 18th century game, which consisted in rolling balls through special gates. It was a low, single-storey Chinese-style building adorned with landscape polychromes and painted imitations of a garden arbour. In 1782, the New Guardhouse...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
The Temple of the Sybil - The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
parks and gardens
The Temple of the Sybil, initially known as the Greek Temple or the Temple of Diana, was erected at the back of the Belvedere Palace, in the vicinity of the Belvedere Pond. It was created in 1822, most probably according to a design by Jakub Kubicki, and alluded to ancient temples, especially the Roman temple in Garni (Armenia) dating from the 1st century. Painted in white, the Temple of...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
The Egyptian Temple - The Royal Łazienki Museum in Warsaw
parks and gardens
It was built around the year 1825 in the southern part of the garden, on a rampart, which is the only preserved element of the so-called Lubomirski Ramparts. They were created in 1770 around Warsaw to serve as protection from a plague epidemic. The Egyptian Temple was used as a fig pavilion - a place where figs matured. The pavilion was constructed during the expansion of the Royal Łazienki...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
Park - The Castle in Lancut
parks and gardens
The historic park in Lancut was established in the late 18th century. Its greatest heyday came at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, when Roman and Elzbieta of Radziwill Potocki became the owners of Lancut. At that time, the park was redesigned and almost doubled in size by attaching a large area on the east and west sides. In the immediate vicinity of the Castle (within the moat),...
Łańcut
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Podkarpackie
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county łańcucki
Garden - University of Warsaw Library
parks and gardens
The garden on the roof of the University of Warsaw Library is one of the largest and most beautiful roof gardens in Europe. It is a very popular resting place for students, residents of Warsaw, and tourists. It is used by the organizers of concerts and happenings, summer cinema, and urban games. The garden consists of two parts: the upper (2000 m2) and lower (15,000 m2), where the main...
Warszawa
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Mazowieckie
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