The Saxon Palace, Warsaw
Unbenowst to me until recently, there are plans afoot to rebuild the Saxon Palace in Warsaw, though they have been — temporarily, I hope — suspended for lack of funds. The palace was almost totally destroyed in the Second World War (“The War Poland Lost Twice”), and the surviving part of the central arcade was turned into the Polish Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, now an obligatory stop for all foreign heads of state visiting the Polish capital.
The plan also provides for the neighbouring Brühl Palace to be rebuilt, to serve as the headquarters of the National Bank of Poland. Let’s hope they also decide to demolish that ugly modern monstrosity (to the right in the illustration above) that mars Piłsudski Square.
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10:39 pm
I hope as well, that the Saxon Palace, destroyed like the almost whole Warsaw, will be rebuilt. Some 17th century cellars of the original Palace were found and they required preservetion – this was not expected and as a result the work stopped. A new plan is going to be done, but nobody knows when. Unfortunately the possibility, that this “modern monstrosity” will be demolished is small – it was built quite recently by Norman Foster.