| Photo Information |
| Copyright: Agnieszka Kowalczyk (agulec) (131) |
| Genre: Landscapes |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2004-05 |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2008-07-13 8:59 |
| Viewed: 366 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Łazienki Park (Polish: Park Łazienkowski) is the largest park in Warsaw, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park lies in Warsaw's Downtown (Śródmieście), on Ujazdów Avenue (Aleje Ujazdowskie), on the "Royal Route" linking the Royal Castle with Wilanów to the south. Just to its north, on the other side of Agrykola Street, Łazienki Park borders on Ujazdów Castle.
Łazienki Park was established in the 17th century by Tylman van Gameren, in the baroque style, for Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski. It took the name Łazienki ("Baths") from a bathing pavilion that was located there. In 1764 the gardens were acquired, after his election as King of Poland, by Stanisław August Poniatowski.
The now classicist-style gardens became Stanisław August's life work. The park was designed by Dominik Merlini, Johann Christian Kammsetzer and landscape gardener Jan Christian Schuch. The park's principal buildings are clustered around or near the Łazienki Lake and Łazienki River. Stanisław August's palace, placed on the lake, is called a "Palace on the Water."
Most of the park's buildings burned during and after the Warsaw Uprising (1944), amid fighting among German, Polish and Soviet forces. The structures nevertheless were relatively well-preserved, compared to Warsaw's Old Town, and the park's reconstruction was completed within a few years after the war. |
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