Presidential Palace, Warsaw, Poland

The Presidential Palace is the elegant classicist latest version of a building that has stood on the Krakowskie Przedmieście site since 1643. Over the years, it has been rebuilt and remodeled many times. For its first 175 years, the palace was the private property of several aristocratic families. In 1791 it hosted the authors and advocates of the Constitution of May 3, 1791.

It was in 1818 that the palace began its ongoing career as a governmental structure, when it became the seat of the Viceroy of the Polish (Congress) Kingdom under Russian occupation. Following Poland's resurrection after World War I, in 1918, the building was taken over by the newly reconstituted Polish authorities and became the seat of the Council of Ministers. During World War II, it served the country's German occupiers as a Deutsches Haus and survived intact the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. After the war, it resumed its function as seat of the Polish Council of Ministers.

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The Walls of Constantinople are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the city of Constantinople (today Istanbul) since its founding as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Constantine the Great. With numerous additions and modifications during their history, they were the last great fortification system of antiquity, and one of the most complex and elaborate systems ever built. They were also the largest and strongest fortification in both the ancient and medieval world.

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Christine Wisniewska (5 years ago)
An impressive building on The New World Road (Novy Swiat). A lovely evening walk. Stop for coffee. Enjoy the atmosphere.

catarina patricio (5 years ago)
Very beautiful building. the soldiers at the door keep an eye on you if you linger but that's to be expected. It's a shame there are no tours...

Hristo Hristov (5 years ago)
Very beautiful place

Vlad Mozgovoi (5 years ago)
Beautiful place

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