MAKE A MEME View Large Image Plan of Warsaw (detail) 02.jpg Artwork Creator Nicolas Pérelle after 1696 engraving paper Institution Warsaw Royal Castle accession number object history credit line The fortifications of the Royal Castle in Warsaw were built in the years ...
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Keywords: Pérelle Plan of Warsaw (detail) 02.jpg Artwork Creator Nicolas Pérelle after 1696 engraving paper Institution Warsaw Royal Castle accession number object history credit line The fortifications of the Royal Castle in Warsaw were built in the years 1596-1627 giving the structure the more modern appearance of a Palazzo in fortezza according to principles of the Old Italian School circle of Antonio da Sangallo They consisted of a 162-metre-long curtain wall flanked by bastions on either side Two shorter walls connected the bastions with the Castle The wall rose at least 6 70 metres above the ground level The fortifications were made of granite rocks and due to the instability of the terrain oak piles were also driven into the ground the basic material for the surface construction was limestone surmounted with bricks The remnants of the fortifications were absorbed by subsequent buildings in the 18th-century own See below PD-old-100-1923 DEFAULTSORT 1696; View of Warsaw Nicolas Pérelle Views of Warsaw by Erik Dahlbergh Royal Castle Warsaw in the 17th century Cardinal Vasa's Palace Warsaw in the 1650s Vistula in Warsaw
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