Belweder

Also known as Belweder in Warsaw

Belweder (; from the Italian belvedere, "beautiful view") is a neoclassical palace in Warsaw, Poland. Erected in 1660 and remodelled in the early 1800s, it is one of several official residences used by Polish presidents as well as a state guest house for visiting heads of state. The complex is situated south of Warsaw's city center, in the vicinity of the historic Royal Baths Park (Łazienki).

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Historic building.image: Pałac Belweder w Warszawie.jpg
Historic building.image_size: 275px
Historic building.caption: Belweder Palace (view from ulica Belwederska).
Historic building.name: Belweder
Historic building.client: Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Grand Duke Constantine, Józef Piłsudski, Bolesław Bierut Wojciech Jaruzelski, Lech Wałęsa, Bronisław Komorowski Karol Nawrocki
Historic building.construction_start_date: 1660
Historic building.completion_date: 1819–1822
Historic building.architectural_style: Neoclassical, Palladian

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Commons category: Belweder
native label: Belweder w Warszawie
inception: 1660-00-00
P6482: Belweder
Commons gallery: Belweder
Polish cultural heritage register number: 13/2

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==History== The present building is the latest of several that stood on the site since 1660. Belweder once belonged to Poland's last king, Stanislaus Augustus, who used it as a porcelain-manufacturing plant. From 1818 it was the residence of Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, who de facto acted as viceroy in the Congress Kingdom of Poland. He fled from Belweder at the beginning of the November 1830 Uprising.