Before we started the tour, our guide showed us a scale model of the Palace and told us about how it was totally destroyed during World War II and completely rebuilt over the past decades.
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The first room we were shown is this ballroom.
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The Polish people took great pains to insure accuracy of the rebuilt palace. Notice all the detail on the walls and ceilings.
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Here is one of the throne rooms with the background made up of Polish white eagles
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Here is a close-up showing the detail.
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I thought this was a nice looking table. A lot of the furniture was shipped off to various countries before the Nazis destroyed it. What wasn't returned was rebuilt.
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Many of the rooms had ceilings this elaborate. Wow!
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This little room was the King's private chapel for one.
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One of my favorite rooms. The ceiling and walls where covered with stone such as marble and granite.
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An example of the art covered walls. This happens to be of Sampson fighting a lion. The painting was hanging over a doorway.
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In the same room, over a different doorway, was this painting. If I remember, this is of Justice.
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Obviously the kings hated blank walls, so many of them where COMPLETELY covered by paintings.
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Here is a close-up of the incredible detail on one of the huge paintings.
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This is the bed in the Queen's bedroom.
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I liked this painting. One of the Kings didn't like the Polish royal garb because it looked so boring, so he had himself painted in Spanish royal attire.
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Yet another wall full of paintings.
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