Library at the Royal Castle, Warsaw
- Library at the Royal Castle, Warsaw
The Library at the Royal Castle is a large building adjacent to the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland. It was built according to Dominik Merlini's and Jan Chrystian Kamsetzer's design between 1779 and 1783 to accommodate royal collection of books of King Stanisław August Poniatowski.
It is a longitudinal building of total dimensions 56 x 9 m, with 15 windows and a terrace at the top. The library initially had about 7,500 items, which grew to about 20,000 volumes in 1795. After the King's death the whole collection was sold to Tadeusz Czacki, who bequeathed it to the Liceum Krzemienieckie. After the collapse of the November Uprising by order of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia, the library was confiscated and transferred to Kiev where the University Library was formed. [ [http://www.wsp.krakow.pl/whk/biblioteki/poniatow.html Library of Stanisław August Poniatowski] ]
References
See also
* Załuski Library
External links
* [http://www.wsp.krakow.pl/whk/biblioteki/poniatow.html Library of Stanisław August Poniatowski]
* [http://www.zamek-krolewski.pl/index.php?page=1083 The Royal Library]
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