- Type
- Castle
- Origins
- 1624 · 17th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
- Style
- Baroque
- Commissioned by
- Sigismund III Vasa
- Architect
- Matteo Castelli
- Coordinates
- 52.2194°, 21.0308°
History
The medieval stronghold of Jazdów stood on the escarpment above the Vistula, and in the 16th century Queen Bona and later Anna Jagiellon kept a timber manor here. In 1624 Sigismund III Vasa began a brick castle on a square plan with corner towers, completed under Władysław IV. In the late 17th century the castle belonged to Grand Marshal Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, who built a bathhouse pavilion nearby, the origin of Łazienki. In 1784 King Stanisław August turned it into barracks, and in the 19th century it housed a military hospital. Burnt out in 1939 and pulled down in 1954, it was rebuilt in the 1970s and 1980s.
What to see
The rebuilt castle with four towers and a courtyard houses the Centre for Contemporary Art, with exhibition halls, a cinema, a bookshop and a restaurant. The terrace by the east front looks along the Piaseczno Canal towards the Vistula and over the greenery of Agrykola. The castle lies between Ujazdów Park and the Royal Łazienki, so a visit fits easily into a walk along the Royal Route.
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