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CONCEPT, SCRIPTING, RESEARCH AND AQUISITION OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS

Zespół specjalnych serwisów internetowych Polskiego Radia – Izabella Mazurek, Bartłomiej Makowski, Jacek Puciato

SUPERVISION AND CONTENT CONSULTATION

Prof. Zbigniew Wawer, Joanna Borowska, Maria Wardzyńska, Zasław Adamaszek

CONCEPT AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

Grzegorz Lipiński , Paweł Woźniak, Anna Szmida, Aleksandra Zając

ILLUSTRATIONS AND ANIMATION OF THE INTRO/OUTRO

Scenariusz: Bartłomiej Makowski Animacja: Bartosz Tytus Trojanowski Montaż i udźwiękowienie: Grzegorz Lipiński Lektorzy: Mateusz Drozd, Mathew Farell

DEVELOPMENT TEAM, TESTING AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Damian Luje Ponce, Alan Krawczyk, Marcin Kieruzel, Łukasz Kowalski, Paula Karolak, Mateusz Orłowski, Rozalia Przeworska, Michał Romańczuk, Marcin Żabicki

TECHNICAL COORDINATION

Grzegorz Kowalski

PROJECT COORDINATION

Krzysztof Kossowski, Katarzyna Milanowska, Marcin Rembacz, Dominik Szewczyk

AUDIO DESCRIPTION MONTAGE

Dział produkcji multimedialnych Polskiego Radia

TRANSLATION

Barry Keane, Mariya Shahuri, Piotr Siemiński, Irina Zawisza

AUDIO MATERIALS SOURCES

Archiwum Polskiego Radia, Archiwum Radia Wolna Europa

PHOTO MATERIALS SOURCES

Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe (NAC), Polska Agencja Prasowa (PAP), Forum, East News, Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego (Ryszard Witkowski „Romuald”, „Orliński”; Józef Jerzy Karpiński „Jerzy”), Muzeum Warszawy, Biblioteka Narodowa w Warszawie, Biblioteka Narodowa w Krakowie, Biblioteka Naukowa Polskiej Akademii Nauk Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności (PAN PAU), Biblioteka Politechniki Warszawskiej, Mazowiecka Biblioteka Cyfrowa, Biblioteka Kongresu USA, Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, Muzeum Narodowe w Krakowie, Muzeum Narodowe we Wrocławiu, Urząd Miasta Warszawy, Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, Wikimedia Commons (domena publiczna; CC BY-SA 4.0 – Kgbo), Muzeum Fryderyka Chopina w Narodowym Instytucie Fryderyka Chopina (fot. Waldemar Kielichowski)

VIDEO MATERIALS SOURCES

Filmoteka Narodowa Instytut Audiowizualny (Jan Ordyński, „Sztandar Wolności”), Biblioteka Kongresu USA („On the Firing Line with the Germans”), United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (filmy Juliena Bryena)

Subsidised by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Rebuilding of the Saxon Palace, Brühl Palace and the tenement houses on Królewska Street - preparatory work

A Royal Residence of the Polish kings

In 1713, Morsztyn’s palace was purchased by August II the Strong, the King of Poland and the Saxon Elector of the Wettin dynasty. When  extending the edifice, he modelled it on Versailles. He made the palace the centre of a new urban layout known as the Saxon Axis. In its new guise, the palace and gardens would become his favourite residence in the capital of the Polish Commonwealth.

 

Augustus II the Strong

1670 - 1733

Augustus III

1696 - 1763

During the reign of Augustus II and his son and successor Augustus III, the residence – by then known as the Royal Palace, and later Saxon “Saski” Palace – became the cultural focal point of the capital. Indeed, the palace was teeming with life and activity, hosting as it did parties, balls and theatrical performances.

Reconstruction of the expansion phases of the Saski Palace

1713

1720

1735

1736

1742

1744

1745-65

The baroque facade of Saski Palace was erected under the supervision of Carl Friedrich Pöppelmann and Joachim Daniel Jauch.

Artists: Leonhard Schmidtner/Daniel Knusman

The Polish Versailles

Saski Palace was the focal point of an expansive urban layout, which is still a green island in the centre of Warsaw. The palace location was essentially an entre cour et jardin, i.e. an intersection between the courtyard and the garden. The composition scheme of the Saxon Axis was diamond-shaped, 1650 m long, reaching 450 m at its widest point. The entire area encompassed about 17 ha.

Let’s go for a walk along the Saxon Axis. It starts at Krakowskie Przedmieście, the main street in Warsaw at that time.

Heinrich von Brühl

1700-1763

Brühl Palace

Heinrich von Brühl was a minister, general, secret advisor and the most trusted confidante of Augustus III; as well as being an éminence grise at the royal court. It is little wonder that this powerful minister chose the residence near Saski Palace, previously owned by Jerzy Ossoliński, as his home. Having bought the palace on July 27, 1750, Brühl had it completely rebuilt in the Rococo style. Hailed as one of the most beautiful buildings in Warsaw, with time it was called after Brühl himself.

The facade of Brühl Palace was designed by Joachim Daniel Jauch and Johann Friedrich Knöbel

Artist: Leonhard Schmidtner/Daniel Knusman

Part III

Saski Garden

Part III

Chapter I

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