Editing Presidential Palace, Warsaw (section)

{{Short description|Residence of the president of Poland}}
{{Infobox building
| image            = Warsaw Presidential Palace (22248p).jpg
| caption          = View of the palace with a statue of [[Józef Poniatowski]] in the foreground
| name             = Presidential Palace
| native_name      = {{lang|pl|Pałac Prezydencki}}
| location_town    = [[Warsaw]]
| location_country = [[Poland]]
| architect        = [[Chrystian Piotr Aigner]] (1818)
| client           = [[Stanisław Koniecpolski]] (1643)
| address          = [[Krakowskie Przedmieście]] 46/48
| construction_start_date = 1643
| completion_date  = 
| date_demolished  = 
| cost             = 
| structural_system = 
| style            = [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] (1818)
| current_tenants  = [[Andrzej Duda]], as [[President of Poland]]
| owner            = [[Government of Poland]]
| embedded         = {{designation list|embed=yes
|designation1=Historic Monument of Poland
|designation1_date=1994-09-08
|designation1_partof=Warsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów
|designation1_number=M.P. 1994 nr 50 poz. 423<ref>{{Cite Polish law|title=Zarządzenie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 8 września 1994 r. w sprawie uznania za pomnik historii.|gazette=Monitor|year=1994|volume=50|number=423}}</ref>
}}
}}
The '''Presidential Palace''' ({{langx|pl|Pałac Prezydencki}}) is the [[official residence]] of the Polish [[List of heads of state of Poland|head of state and president]] alongside the [[Belweder Palace]], located in [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. Originally constructed in 1643 as an aristocratic mansion, it was rebuilt and remodelled several times over the course of its existence by notable architects. The current [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] palace was completed in 1818.

Throughout its history, the palace was a venue for important historical events in Polish, European, and world history. In 1791, the facility hosted authors and advocates of the [[Constitution of 3 May 1791]], the first modern European constitution. In 1818, the palace began its ongoing career as a governmental structure when it became the seat of the Viceroy ([[Namiestnik of the Kingdom of Poland|''namiestnik'']]) of [[Congress Poland]].

Following Poland's resurrection after [[World War I]], in 1918, the building was taken over by the newly reconstituted Polish authorities and became the seat of the Council of Ministers. During World War II, it served as a ''Deutsches Haus'' for the country's [[Nazi Germany|German]] occupiers and survived the 1944 [[Warsaw Uprising]] intact. After the war, it resumed its function as seat of the Polish Council of Ministers. On 14 May 1955, the [[Warsaw Pact]] was signed inside the Presidential Palace between the [[Soviet Union]] and the [[Eastern Bloc|Eastern Bloc countries]]. Since July 1994, the palace has been the official seat of the president of the Republic of Poland.