Ogród Barokowy

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Museum of King Jan III’s Palace at Wilanów

The Baroque Garden is the oldest part of the Wilanów Park. It was designed in alignment with the main axis of the Palace in accordance with the principle that a palace worthy of its name belongs between a courtyard and a garden. The Garden is situated on two natural terraces formed by the river Vistula, and is an integral part of the royal residence in Wilanów. In keeping with the precepts of Baroque art, the Upper Terrace reflects the layout of the Palace interiors. The royal bedrooms and antechambers are mirrored by the pairs of flower parterres, and the corner studies are rendered as symmetrical, triangular flowerbeds.The wooden bowers in the corners of the terrace which had existed in the times of King Jan III were an allusion to the palace towers, and the central section of the Palace (Grand Hallway) was modelled as a rectangular lawn with a fountain. The sections of the garden on both terraces contain parterre arrangements of herbs and flowers lined with