Principal (southern) facade of the Lazienki Palace (Palace on the Water, circa 1795) in Royal Baths Park of Warsaw, Poland
The Łazienki Palace (Polish: pałac Łazienkowski — in English the Baths Palace, also called the Palace on the Water and the Palace on the Isle) is a Baroque palace in Warsaw's Royal Baths Łazienki Palace is located in the largest park in Warsaw that occupies over 76 hectares of the city center. From 1674 the property and the nearby Ujazdów Castle belonged to Count Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, who built a Baroque Bath House named "Łazienka". The building, erected on a square plan, was richly decorated with stuccos, statues and paintings; some of the original decorations and architectural details are still preserved from that period. In 1766 King Stanisław II Augustus purchased the estate and decided to convert the pavilion into his small, private summer residence. The palace is built on an artificial island that divides the lake into two parts, a smaller northern lake and a larger southern one. The palace is connected to the surrounding park by two Ionic colonnaded bridges. The façades are unified by an entablature carried by giant Corinthian pilasters that link its two floors and are crowned by a balustrade that bears statues of mythologic figures. The north façade is relieved by a central pedimented portico. On the south front, a deep central recess lies behind a screen of Corinthian columns.
Size: 3577px × 2370px
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Photo credit: © Ivan Marchuk / Alamy / Afripics
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