The Staszic Palace (Pałac Staszica) is a grand neoclassical building in central Warsaw, best known today as the seat of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Originally built in the 17th century and redesigned in the early 1800s by Stanisław Staszic to house the Society of Friends of Science, it quickly became a center for Polish intellectual life.
Over the centuries, the palace has been reshaped by history—converted into a Russian Orthodox church during the partitions, heavily damaged in World War II, and later meticulously rebuilt in its neoclassical form. In front of the palace stands a famous monument to Nicolaus Copernicus, unveiled in 1830 and sculpted by Bertel Thorvaldsen. Today, the palace remains a hub of scholarly and scientific activity, as well as a striking architectural landmark along Warsaw’s Royal Route.
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