The Presidential Palace

This beautiful building be4longed to many important families . From 1685 it was owned by the Radziwill family who sold it to the governemnt After WWII the palace became the Council of Minister's Office and was the setting for important political events. The Warsaw Pact was signed here in 1995. Since 1994 it has been the official residence of the President.
Each morning at 9.00 the changing of the guiard ceremony took place, complete with drumming and trumpet flourishes. Our room was just aboove the courtyard. You can see our window on the top floor of the hotel - that little window in the roof. So we had a bird'seye view every morning of the ceremonies.