Palace on the Water
was the summer residence of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski, founded
in 1775. Its contemporary shape, including the side wings and the
annexes linked by colonnades on the bridges over the canal, was created
in 1793 according to the project by Dominic Merlini. The palace was
decorated by painters Marcello Baciarelli and Jan Bogumil Piersch and
sculptors Andrzej Le Brun and Jakub Monaldi. Today it is one of the most
excellent works of Polish architectural classicism.
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