Project published for Polish Independence Day 2022

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History

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The Saxon Palace (Polish: pałac Saski w Warszawie) was one of the most distinctive buildings in prewar Warsaw, Poland. It was destroyed by German armed forces in World War II and not rebuilt since. Ground work commenced in August 2022, after the Polish Government announced a plan regarding reconstruction of the building.

• In 1713 the Morsztyn Palace (which was built in XVII th century by Morsztyn family) was purchased by the first of Poland's two Saxon kings, Augustus II, who began enlarging it. In 1748 the palace's rebuilding was completed by his son, King Augustus III. In the early 19th century, the Saxon Palace housed the Warsaw Lyceum in which Frédéric Chopin's father Nicolas Chopin taught French, living with his family on the palace grounds.
  
  
• When Poland regained independence in 1918, the Saxon Palace became the seat of the Polish General Staff. In 1925, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was established within the colonnade-topped arcade that joined the Palace's two symmetric wings.
  
  
• In this building, the German Enigma machine cipher was first broken in December 1932 and then read for several years.
• During World War II, after the German suppression of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the Saxon Palace was blown up by the Germans as part of their planned destruction of Warsaw. Only parts of the central arcade remained, housing the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which escaped destruction.

• In 2022 groundworks regarding palace reconstruction began. It is planned to rebuild Saxon Palace, its neighbour - Bruhl's Palace and three tenement houses next to it.

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Progress

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Saxon Palace: 75%
Bruhl's Palace: 70%
Tenement Houses: 70%

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Credits

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Shaders: BSL
Historical photo: ze zbiorów Narodowego Archiwum Cyfrowego (from the collection of National Digital Archive)
Modern day photo: fotopolska.eu
Description based on [url=en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_Palace

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