The Myślewice Palace ( Polish : Pałac Myślewicki ) is a rococo-neoclassical palace in Warsaw 's Royal Baths Park . It was created for King Stanisław August Poniatowski as one of the first buildings in the Royal Baths. Its name derives from that of the nearby now nonexistent village of Myślewice.
7-470: Initially, the palace was inhabited by the king's courtiers and later by Józef Antoni Poniatowski , the king's nephew. The cartouche above the main entrance was decorated with his initials JP . In the 19th century and during the People's Republic of Poland the palace served as a guest house and opened its doors to eminent guests such as Napoleon I and U.S. President Richard Nixon . On September 15, 1958,
14-525: A cartouche ( / k ɑːr ˈ t uː ʃ / kar- TOOSH ) is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name. The first examples of the cartouche are associated with pharaohs at the end of the Third Dynasty , but the feature did not come into common use until the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty under Pharaoh Sneferu . While the cartouche
21-473: A vertical line. Of the five royal titularies it was the prenomen (the throne name ), and the "Son of Ra" titulary (the so-called nomen name given at birth), which were enclosed by a cartouche. At times amulets took the form of a cartouche displaying the name of a king and placed in tombs. Archaeologists often find such items important for dating a tomb and its contents. Cartouches were formerly only worn by pharaohs. The oval surrounding their name
28-410: Is usually vertical with a horizontal line, if it makes the name fit better it can be horizontal, with a vertical line at the end (in the direction of reading). The ancient Egyptian word for cartouche was shenu (compare with Coptic ϣⲛⲉ šne yielding eventual sound changes), and the cartouche was essentially an expanded shen ring . Demotic script reduced the cartouche to a pair of brackets and
35-478: The first meeting of the ambassadors of the People's Republic of China and the United States took place in the palace, which is considered as the first attempt to establish contacts between the two countries. The facade is adorned with a huge shell-bowl with sculptures by Jakub Monaldi depicting Zephyr and Flora , while the mild warping of the roof refers to the popular Chinese designs Large parts of
42-612: The original interior furnishings survived the last world war - including paintings by Jan Bogumił Plersch from 1778 and Antoni Gerżabka as well as stucco decorations and sculptures . Particularly valuable are the Dining Room with views of Rome and Venice and the Bathroom with a plafond by Plersch depicting Zephyr and Flora 52°12′55″N 21°02′17″E / 52.21528°N 21.03806°E / 52.21528; 21.03806 Cartouche In Egyptian hieroglyphs ,
49-465: Was meant to protect them from evil spirits in life and after death. The cartouche has become a symbol representing good luck and protection from evil. The term "cartouche" was first applied by French soldiers who fancied that the symbol they saw so frequently repeated on the pharaonic ruins they encountered resembled a muzzle-loading firearm's paper powder cartridge ( cartouche in French ). As
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