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Casimir Palace, the Glossary

The Casimir Palace (Pałac Kazimierzowski), formerly known as Villa Regia, is a reconstructed palace located in Warsaw, Poland.^[1]

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1641 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Buildings and structures in Poland destroyed during World War II
Houses completed in 1641
Rebuilt buildings and structures in Warsaw
Residences of Polish monarchs
Royal residences in Poland
University of Warsaw

Adam Jarzębski

Adam Jarzębski (c. 1590 in Warka – c. 1648 in Warsaw) was an early Baroque Polish composer, violinist, poet, and writer.

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Adriaen de Vries (c.1556–1626) was a Northern Mannerist sculptor born in the Netherlands but working in Central Europe, whose international style crossed the threshold to the Baroque; he excelled in refined modelling and bronze casting and in the manipulation of patina and became the most famous European sculptor of his generation.

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Alcove (architecture)

In architecture, an alcove is a small recessed section of a room or an arched opening (as in a wall).

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Aleksander Józef Sułkowski

Aleksander Józef Sułkowski (15 March 1695 – 21 May 1762) was a Polish general and the progenitor of the Sułkowski noble line.

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Antonio Corazzi

Antonio Corazzi (born 16 December 1792 in Livorno, died April 27, 1877, in Florence) was an Italian architect working in Poland from 1819 to 1847, mainly in Neoclassical style.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Barracks

Barracks are buildings used to accommodate military personnel.

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Botanical garden

A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms botanic and botanical and garden or gardens are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word botanic is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens.

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Brewery

A brewery or brewing company is a business that makes and sells beer.

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Brickworks

A brickworks, also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale.

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Cecilia Renata of Austria

Cecilia Renata of Austria (Cäcilia Renata, Cecylia Renata; 16 July 1611 – 24 March 1644) was Queen of Poland as the wife of King Władysław IV Vasa.

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Centaur

A centaur (kéntauros), occasionally hippocentaur, also called Ixionidae, is a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse that was said to live in the mountains of Thessaly.

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Charles X Gustav

Charles X Gustav, also Carl X Gustav (Karl X Gustav; 8 November 1622 – 13 February 1660), was King of Sweden from 1654 until his death.

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Chęciny

Chęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, southern Poland, with 4,361 inhabitants as of December 2021.

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Classics

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.

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Corps of Cadets (Warsaw)

The Warsaw Corps of Cadets (School of Chivalry; Szkoła Rycerska or Akademia Szlachecka Korpusu Kadetów) was the first state school in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Dębnik, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

Dębnik is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krzeszowice, within Kraków County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland.

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Deluge (history)

The Deluge (potop szwedzki; švedų tvanas) was a series of mid-17th-century military campaigns in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Domenico Merlini

Domenico Merlini (22 February 1730 – 20 February 1797) was an Italian-Polish architect whose work was mostly in the classical style.

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Dutch guilder

The guilder (gulden) or florin was the currency of the Netherlands from 1434 until 2002, when it was replaced by the euro.

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European Union

The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.

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Flemish people

Flemish people or Flemings (Vlamingen) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch.

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Florence

Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.

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Flower garden

A flower garden or floral garden is any garden or part of a garden where plants that flower are grown and displayed.

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Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano.

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Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick William (Friedrich Wilhelm; 16 February 1620 – 29 April 1688) was Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, thus ruler of Brandenburg-Prussia, from 1640 until his death in 1688.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Giovanni Battista Trevano

Giovanni Battista Trevano (died in Kraków in 1642) was an architect, builder, and servant of Sigismund III Vasa, one of the most eminent Baroque artists active in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the first half of the 17th century.

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Gripsholm Castle

Gripsholm Castle (Gripsholms slott) is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden.

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Hercules

Hercules is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena.

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Holy Cross Church, Warsaw

The Church of the Holy Cross (Bazylika Świętego Krzyża) is a Roman Catholic house of worship in Warsaw, Poland. Casimir Palace and Holy Cross Church, Warsaw are Rebuilt buildings and structures in Warsaw.

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Jakub Kubicki

Jakub Kubicki (1758–1833) was a Polish classicist architect and designer.

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January Uprising

The January Uprising was an insurrection principally in Russia's Kingdom of Poland that was aimed at putting an end to Russian occupation of part of Poland and regaining independence.

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Joachim Daniel von Jauch

Joachim Daniel von Jauch (22 March 1688 – 3 May 1754) was a German-born architect who supervised the baroque development of Warsaw in Poland.

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John II Casimir Vasa

John II Casimir Vasa (Jan II Kazimierz Waza; Jonas Kazimieras Vaza; 22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1648 to his abdication in 1668 as well as a claimant to the throne of Sweden from 1648 to 1660.

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John III Sobieski

John III Sobieski (Jan III Sobieski; Jonas III Sobieskis; Ioannes III Sobiscius 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696.

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Kielce

Kielce (Keltz) is a city in southern Poland and the capital of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship.

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Kościuszko Uprising

The Kościuszko Uprising, also known as the Polish Uprising of 1794, Second Polish War, Polish Campaign of 1794, and the Polish Revolution of 1794, was an uprising against the Russian and Prussian influence on Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland-Lithuania and the Prussian partition in 1794.

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Kraków Bishops Palace

The Palace of the Kraków Bishops in Kielce (Pałac Biskupów Krakowskich w Kielcach), was built in the 17th century as a summer residence of bishops of Kraków in Kielce, Poland.

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Krakowskie Przedmieście

Krakowskie Przedmieście is one of the best known streets of Poland's capital Warsaw, surrounded by historic palaces, churches and manor-houses.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Library

A library is a collection of books, and possibly other materials and media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions.

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Loggia

In architecture, a loggia (usually) is a covered exterior gallery or corridor, usually on an upper level, but sometimes on the ground level of a building.

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Mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland

Mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland dominated between 1550 and 1650, when it was finally replaced with baroque.

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Mansard roof

A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides, with the lower slope at a steeper angle than the upper, and often punctured by dormer windows.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have crystallized under the influence of heat and pressure.

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Marie Louise Gonzaga

Marie Louise Gonzaga (Ludwika Maria; 18 August 1611 – 10 May 1667) was Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania by marriage to two kings of Poland and grand dukes of Lithuania, brothers Władysław IV and John II Casimir.

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Monarchy of Sweden

The monarchy of Sweden is centred on the monarchical head of state of Sweden,See the Instrument of Government, Chapter 1, Article 5.

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Monitor (Polish newspaper)

The Monitor was one of the first newspapers in Poland, published from 1765 to 1785, during the Polish Enlightenment.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Nessus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Nessus (Nessos) was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles, and whose poisoned blood in turn killed Heracles.

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November Uprising

The November Uprising (1830–31), also known as the Polish–Russian War 1830–31 or the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire.

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Patron saint

A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person.

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Pavilion

In architecture, pavilion has several meanings;.

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Plafond

A plafond (French for "ceiling"), in a broad sense, is a (flat, vaulted or dome) ceiling.

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Poggio Reale (villa)

The Poggio Reale villa or Villa Poggio Reale was an Italian Renaissance villa commissioned in 1487 by Alfonso II of Naples as a royal summer residence.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Portal (architecture)

A portal is an opening in a wall of a building, gate or fortification, especially a grand entrance to an important structure.

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Praga

Praga is a district of Warsaw, Poland.

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Prague

Prague (Praha) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia.

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Reconstruction (architecture)

Reconstruction in architectural conservation is the returning of a place to a known earlier state by the introduction of new materials.

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Rector (academia)

A rector (Latin for 'ruler') is a senior official in an educational institution, and can refer to an official in either a university or a secondary school.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Rococo

Rococo, less commonly Roccoco, also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama.

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Roman emperor

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC.

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Roman villa

A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.

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Royal Route, Warsaw

The Royal Route (Trakt Królewski) in Warsaw, Poland, is a former communication route that led southward from the city's Old Town.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Saint Cecilia

Saint Cecilia (Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman virgin martyr and is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden.

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Salon (gathering)

A salon is a gathering of people held by a host.

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Stanisław August Poniatowski

Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski, was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1764 to 1795, and the last monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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Suburb

A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.

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Tyszkiewicz Palace, Warsaw

Tyszkiewicz Palace (Pałac Tyszkiewiczów), also known as Tyszkiewicz–Potocki Palace, is a reconstructed palace at 32 Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw, Poland. Casimir Palace and Tyszkiewicz Palace, Warsaw are palaces in Warsaw, Rebuilt buildings and structures in Warsaw and university of Warsaw.

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University of Warsaw

The University of Warsaw (Uniwersytet Warszawski, Universitas Varsoviensis) is a public research university in Warsaw, Poland.

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Villa

A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house.

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Vistula

The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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Warsaw Lyceum

The Warsaw Lyceum (Liceum Warszawskie; Königlich-Preußisches Lyzäum zu Warschau) was a secondary school that existed in Warsaw, under the Kingdom of Prussia and under the Kingdom of Poland, from 1804 to its closing in 1831 by Imperial Russia following the Polish November 1830 Uprising.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Palace

Also known as Casimir Palace, Warsaw, Kazimierz Palace, Kazimierzowski Palace, Palac Kazimierzowski, Pałac Kazimierzowski.

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1641 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Buildings and structures in Poland destroyed during World War II

Houses completed in 1641

Rebuilt buildings and structures in Warsaw

Residences of Polish monarchs

Royal residences in Poland

University of Warsaw

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