#polish king

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Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland

Artist: Nicolas de Largillierre (French, 1656-1746)

Date:ca. 1715

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, United States

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. He belonged to the Albertine branch of the House of Wettin.

[witekspicsbanknotes]

POLAND -> local commemorative bon for collectors from GDAŃSK MINT with polish king MIESZKO I, face value: zero zlotis of Gdańsk. Below -> uv light effects seen from both sides of the note:

[heatsu]

fandomized S.A.Poniatowski because I'm going insane

[doinggreat]

Lewy i see you cooking tonight

[mybeautifulpoland]

King Sigismund's Column, Warsaw, Poland by shandyy89

[neapolitanheart]

Imagine saying that this cutie pie sucks, because I could never.

5 goals in 4 matches, baby. Force Arek, wierzę w ciebie

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[madeleineengland]

Rydzyna Castle (Poland)

This baroque residence was built by the italian architects and masters of stucco Giuseppe Belotti and Pompeo Ferrari at the end of the 17th century.

The first owner of the castle was the polish king Stanisław Leszczyński, from 1704–1709.

But in 1709, during the Great Northern War, the castle was partly burnt by the Tsar's soldiers. However, wall-paintings and stucco works made by Italian artists were not destroyed completely.

During the WWII, at the end of January 1945 the Rydzyna Castle was burnt again by the Red Army. The severely damaged castle awaited a new owner until 1970, when it was taken over by The Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers (S.I.M.P.) and rebuilt according to documents and photographs from before World War II.

The work was completed in 1989. In 1994 the castle was awarded by the prestigious international organization "Europa Nostra" in recognition of the excellent restoration. The main Baroque rooms were completely restored to their original grandeur according to the historic documentation.

Now it's one of the most splendid hotels in Poland