Belweder

Built in the 17th century, it was the property of Stanislaw August Poniatowski from the middle of the 18th.
The classically-styled Belweder, designed by Jakub Kubicki, was formerly a 17th century villa that underwent a major transformation between 1818-1822. During World War I, the Warsaw Governor-General, Hans Hartwig von Besler, lived there, but the palace was taken over and placed under police control by Teofil Neya in November of 1918. Until 1926, it was used as the headquarters of the President of the Second Republic, then between 1926-1935, it was the Minister of the Armed Forces, Józef Piłsudski’s office. Then, from 1939-1945, Ludwig Fischer, the German Governor of Warsaw, had his headquarters in the palace, followed by Bolesław Bierut in 1945, who held the office the President of the Republic of Poland subsequently. Until 1994, Belweder was the office of the President of the Republic of Poland, but now it is used for ceremonial military events and diplomatic meetings with the leaders of foreign countries.