Saxon Garden

Saxon Garden was frequented by Fryderyk Chopin who spent the initial seven years of his life at the Saxon Palace. It is a fascinating experience to walk through the park that would certainly have been witness to many visits from Mrs. Justyna Chopin with little Frycek and Ludwika.

We know that Fryderyk was very passionate about walking around the city. He would also have paid a visit to this park time and again, maybe with his friends, to relive his childhood.

Saxon Axis is a complex that has many royal residences along with a garden. This complex was created between 1713 and 1733 and belonged to Augustus II the Strong. To create the complex and the garden, the king commissioned Mateusz Daniel Poppelmann and Jan Krzysztof. The garden was opened to the public in 1727. During Chopin’s lifetime, it was redesigned to resemble a landscaped English garden.

Today the Saxon Garden stands adjoining the Plac Pilsudskiego where you will find an 1855 designed fountain. This chalice shaped, magnificent fountain was designed by Henryk Marconi, designer of the famous classicist water tower or the ‘reservoir’.

Two monuments were added to the park in the second half of the twentieth century. One of them was to Maria Konopnicka and the other to Stefan Starzynski. Tourists to Warsaw do not leave without enjoying a visit to this beautiful garden.

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Photo: Marcin Białek