Editing Royal Castle, Warsaw (section)

{{Short description|Castle in Warsaw, Poland}}
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{{infobox building
| name = Royal Castle
| native_name = {{lang|pl|Zamek Królewski}}
| image = {{Photomontage
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  | photo1a = Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, 2022, 03.jpg{{!}}The western façade
  | photo2a = Zamek Krolewski W Warszawie (152972929).jpeg{{!}}The eastern façade
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  | size = 240
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| caption = View from [[Castle Square, Warsaw|Castle Square]] (top) and from the [[Vistula]] River (bottom) 
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| building_type = [[Castle|Castle residency]]
| architectural_style = [[Mannerist architecture and sculpture in Poland|Mannerist]]-[[Baroque architecture|Baroque]]
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| client = [[Sigismund III Vasa]]
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| location_country = {{flag|Poland}}
| mapframe-frame-width=240
| mapframe=yes
| mapframe-caption=Interactive fullscreen map
| mapframe-zoom=14
| mapframe-marker=museum
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| start_date = 1598,<ref name="Web">{{cite news |url=http://www.zamek-krolewski.pl/?page=1059|title=History of Royal Castle – official website|date=16 May 2010 }}</ref> 1971<ref name="Web" />
| completion_date = 1619,<ref name="Web" /> 1984<ref name="Web" />
| inauguration_date =
| demolition_date = [[Warsaw Uprising|10 – 13 September 1944]]<br>([[German Army (1935–1945)|German Army]])<ref name="Web" />
| height = 60 
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| architect = [[Matteo Castelli]], [[Giovanni Battista Trevano]], [[Gaetano Chiaveri]]
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| website = {{URL|www.zamek-krolewski.pl}}
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| footnotes = {{designation list | embed = yes
   | designation1 = WHS
   | designation1_partof = [[Old Town, Warsaw|Historic Centre of Warsaw]]
   | designation1_number = [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/30 30bis]
   | designation1_criteria = ii, vi
   | designation1_type = Cultural
   | designation1_free1name = UNESCO region
   | designation1_free1value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe]]
   |designation2=Historic Monument of Poland
   |designation2_date=1994-09-08
   |designation2_partof=Warsaw – historic city center with the Royal Route and Wilanów
   |designation2_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 '''Royal Castle in Warsaw''' ({{langx|pl|Zamek Królewski w Warszawie}} {{IPA|pl|ˈzamɛk kruˈlɛfskʲi v varˈʂavjɛ|}}) is a state museum and a [[List of Historic Monuments (Poland)|national historical monument]], which formerly served as the official [[Castle|royal residence]] of several [[List of Polish rulers|Polish monarchs]]. The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the royal court were located in the Castle from the 16th century until the final [[Partitions of Poland|partition of Poland]] in 1795. Situated in the [[Castle Square, Warsaw|Castle Square]], at the entrance to the [[Old Town, Warsaw|Old Town]], the Royal Castle holds a significant collection of Polish and European art.

The Royal Castle witnessed many notable events in Poland's history; the [[Constitution of 3 May 1791]], first of its type in Europe and the world's second-oldest codified national constitution, was drafted here by the [[Great Sejm|Four-Year Parliament]].<ref>{{cite web  |url = http://www.zamek-krolewski.pl/?page=1080 |title = Sale Sejmowe |work = zamek-krolewski.pl |access-date = 18 July 2008|language=pl}}</ref> The edifice was redesigned into a [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] style following the [[partitions of Poland]]. Under the [[Second Polish Republic]] (1918–1939), it was the seat of the Polish head of state and president. The [[Second World War]] brought complete destruction to the building; in September 1939 it was targeted and ignited by [[Luftwaffe]] fighter aircraft, and then detonated by the [[Nazi Germany|Nazis]] after the failed [[Warsaw Uprising]] in 1944. 

In 1965, the surviving wall fragments, cellars, the adjacent [[Copper-Roof Palace]] and the [[Jakub Kubicki|Kubicki]] Arcades were registered as historical monuments. Reconstruction was carried out in the years 1971–1984, during which it regained its original 17th-century appearance. In 1980, the Royal Castle and surrounding Old Town became a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. It is the second most visited art museum in Poland (after the [[Wawel Castle]] in [[Kraków]]) and the [[List of most-visited art museums|31st most visited art museum in the world]] with over 2.14 million visitors in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee Cheshire and Elena Goukassian |date=2025-04-01 |title=The world’s most-visited museums 2024: normality returns—for some |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/01/the-worlds-most-visited-museums-2024- |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=[[The Art Newspaper]] |language=en}}</ref>