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Lazienki Garden Lazienki Palace - regarded as Poland's (or even Europe's) finest 18th-century palace and grounds, was created for King Stanislaw August Poniatowski. In 1766 he purchased Ujazdów Castle with an adjacent hunting ground which held a pond with an islet dominated by a bath-house (hence the name of the park, meaning literally "Baths"). For the next 30 years the best architects led by Domenico Merlini designed the new palaces and pavilions as well as a landscape park with scenic ponds, flower beds, groups of trees and bushes, and winding pathways. Today, this magnificent palace-cum-garden complex attracts crowds of visitors and Warsaw inhabitants in every season of the year. Lazienki Park is a favourite place for a walk on a nice holiday. In summer the sound of music is heard throughout the park and when piano concerts are held at the Fryderyk Chopin Monument (below) it is hard to find a free seat on nearby benches.
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