On 9 September 2022, the appointment of the Saxon Palace Reconstruction Council took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw.

“We are meeting at the ceremony of appointing members of the Reconstruction Council […] which will support the process of implementing the investment of rebuilding the Saski Palace, Brühl Palace, and tenement houses at Królewska Street in Warsaw”, – said Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage, General Conservator of Monuments, Dr Jarosław Sellin during the ceremony.

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He called the initiative “an investment that has been awaited for years, dreamed about, living in the hearts of Poles„, adding that “the reconstruction of the Saxon Palace, the Brühl Palace and the tenements on Królewska Street will be carried out thanks to the funds available to the Polish state.” 

The Saxon palace was erected following the expansion of the 17th-century palace of Poland’s poet Jan Andrzej Morsztyn and was rebuilt numerous times in the following centuries. During the Second Polish Republic, it served as the seat of the General Staff of the Polish Army.

After the destruction of the Saxon Palace by the Germans army in December 1944, the only trace of it remained a fragment of the three central arcades with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier – a celebration site of the most important national holidays.

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Back in May, the chairman of the board of directors of the company that is responsible for Saxon Palace’s reconstruction told the Polish Press Agency that the investment will cost PLN 2.5 billion and is planned to be completed by 2030. 

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Author: Sébastien Meuwissen