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	Palace of Versailles Encyclopedia Article @ Constituted.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Versaille's chapel is one of the palace's grandest interiors.
		After the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, the palace was the main headquarters of the German army from 5 October 1870 until 13 March 1871, and hosted the opening of the Paris Peace Conference on 18 January 1919.
		Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
	www.constituted.net /encyclopedia/Palace_of_Versailles (3612 words)

	Polish culture: HISTORICAL BUILDINGS
		Extends in the west to Krasinski Palace (interior of hall), in the north to the Citadel, in the south to the Bernardine complex.
		Krakowskie Przedmiescie with its palaces and churches (interiors of the Church of the Nuns of the Visitation, hall of the Tyszkiewicz Palace) with adjoining Theatre Square.
		Palace and garden complex of Lazienki with the Palace on the Water (interior of ground floor and southern chambers on upper floor) with adjoining structures and Belvedere Palace.
	www.culture.pl /en/culture/architektura/zabytki (1502 words)

	PolishRoots - Geography & Maps
		It was raised to the status of a town in 1749 by August III at the intervention of the Branicki family.
		Branicki’s widow was childless and the heirs were the Counts Jan and Feliks Potocki and Countess Maryanna Mostowska nee Potocka.
		During the hetman days, the palace and grounds were run scrupulously and in spite of the scale of grandeur, the books balanced and this can also be seen in the careful and extensive annotations in the household registers, which remain to this day.
	www.polishroots.org /slownik/bialystok.htm (2290 words)

	Jan Klemens Branicki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Son of voivode of Podlasie Voivodship Stefan Miko&322;aj Branicki and Katarzyna Scholastyka Sapieha, the daughter of Hetman Kazimierz Jan Sapieha.
		Branicki Palace in Bia&322;ystok His second wife was Barbara Szembek since 1732, the marriage ended in a divorce.
		Branicki was one of the powerfulst and influentials magnates in Poland of the 18th century.
	jan-klemens-branicki.iqnaut.net (336 words)

	Branicki Palace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Academy of Medicine is housed in the Palace.
		A straight avenue centered on the palace passes across the river on a three-arched bridge across the river, which is confined with deep stone embankment walling, to the large enclosed paved forecourt.
		The roofline is an Italianate balustrade that masks a low attic story, and the heroic sculptural group of Atlas crowning all.
	publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/b/br/branicki_palace.html (263 words)

	Warsaw - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Presidential Palace, Warsaw, with equestrian statue of Prince Józef Poniatowski by Bertel Thorvaldsen.
		The centrally located tallest structure, the Palace of Culture and Science, is the 4th tallest building in the European Union.
		Apart from the Palace of Culture and Science, a Soc-realist skyscrapper located exactly in the city center, the Stadion Dziesięciolecia which is the biggest market in Europe also attracts many tourists.
	arikah.com /encyclopedia/Warsaw (4873 words)

	What, Where, When (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This palace and garden was constructed in the 17th century by Polandâs warrior king Jan III Sobieski.
		The palace was the seat of the Prussian authorities during the partitions of Poland.
		The Baroque palace was built in the late 17th century on its present high terrace.
	www.what-where-when.pl /top10/index_2767.htm (544 words)

	Bialystock Encyclopedia Article @ Ascribed.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In 1661 it was given to Stefan Czarniecki as a reward for his service in the victory over the Swedes.
		Four years later, as a dowry of his daughter Alexandra, it passed to the Branicki family.
		In the second half of the 18th century Hetman Jan Klemens Branicki, a commander in chief, became the heir of the Białystok area.
	www.ascribed.net /encyclopedia/Bialystock (1147 words)

	Campus
		The interior of the palace is well worth visiting, particularly the freshly renovated ballroom, chapel and the staircase with sculptures of Atlas.
		The south-western part of the palace compound is composed of a French style park, whose main alley is concluded with a gate and sculptures of the Sphynx.
		The Branickis’ Park, a most wonderful spot in the city, is a place where medical students like to meet to get relaxed and regain forces to be able to return to discovering secrets of medicine in the privacy of reading rooms.
	www.amb.edu.pl /en/campus.html (1241 words)

	New Page 1
		Near the bus stop where we got off at there is a park area, at the central focus is the Branicki, Palace originally constructed in the mid-18th century.
		Surrounding the Palace are the grounds, a mixture of a French formal garden (directly in front of the palace) and a English garden park surrounding the grounds.
		The palace had to be re-constructed after WWII, the Nazis destroyed it as well as killing off about half of the population of Bialystok.
	members.tripod.com /mares1/newpage1.htm (304 words)

	Palace of Versailles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Park of Versailles seen from the palace While the Palace was grand and luxurious, it was also expensive to maintain.
		Royal Palace projects of Late Stuart kings came to naught: Charles II envisaged a Palace at Winchester that never left paper.
		The last shot in this war of sumptous architecture was probably fired by Ludwig II of Bavaria When he asked for a nearly identical copy of Versailles, Herrenchiemsee, to be built on an island on the bucolic Chiemsee lake in the countryside of Bavaria.
	palace-of-versailles.iqnaut.net (2159 words)

	List of palaces - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Southern Palace (南宮) and Northern Palace (北宮), in Luoyang (洛陽), Henan province: imperial palaces of the Eastern Han Dynasty for two centuries, the Southern Palace being used for court hearings and audiences, the Northern Palace being the private residence of the emperor and his concubines.
		Rundale Palace and Mitava Palace of the Dukes of Courland
		Gueroust Palace, Campeche, Campeche - Former residence of Countess Anne-Victoria of Habsburg, the Emperor's niece.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/List_of_palaces (3338 words)

	Giedre Pajarskaite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mezhotne Palace was designed and built in 1802 in classicism style by the order of Russian emperor Pavel I. The most luxurious rooms are opened for visitors.
		The old castle (1266) of the dukes of Courland was destroyed by Duke Biren and new palace was built.
		The Palace, dubbed “the Polish Versailles” was one of the few aristocratic residencies to match the canons of court etiquette of royal visits.
	kairekoja.blogspot.com (1520 words)

	Forum Polonia Houston
		The Branicki family who supposedly owned this palace as well, went as far as designing a rival palace in Bialystok in 1726.
		As another example of the contrast between the wealth of the magnates to the wealth of a King of Poland, the Branicki palace is nearly as large (if not larger) than Wilanow.
		Z tylnej strony przeszklone drzwi, duze okna i tarasy otwieraja palac na piekno starannie zaprojektowanego ogrodu.
	www.forum-polonia-houston.com /images/guess/ges065.htm (3449 words)

	Club Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The late-Baroque Palace from 1735-1742, rebuilt in 19th cent.
		Bieberstein Castle and Promnitz palace in Zary (Sorau)
		Palaces of Warmia and Mazury Region (Jeglowki, Lezany, Sztynort, Morag, Sorkwity, Karnity)
	www.clubphoto.com /_cgi-bin/app.pl/albums/large_image_view?id=3644529&link_code=sa01_17 (644 words)

	The Interwar Period (1918-1939) - The first local government in an independent Poland in Białystok
		The palace was built at the turn of 17th and 18th century.
		From 1919 to 1939 the palace was the seat of the Voivodeship Office.
		Gateway of the Branicki Family Palace is original.
	www.poland.pl /archives/interwar/article,,id,44582.htm (407 words)

	Palaces- Warsaw, Poland - VirtualTourist.com
		The entrance for vehicles is from Podwale St. Interesting green space of palace yard and its wings decorated with pretty attic with numerous sculptures is seen through the large decorative gate.
		The palace was built for Jan Klemens Branicki in 1753.
		The Palace on the Water in Lazienki is the former residence of the Polish King.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Poland/Wojewodztwo_Mazowieckie/Warsaw-468976/Things_To_Do-Warsaw-Palaces-BR-2.html (825 words)

	Podlasie - Historia 5
		The city of Bialystok, with its magnificent Branicki Palace, visited by many famous artists, became an impotant cultural centre, situated in the borderland between the Crown and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
		The Jesuits' and Piarists' orders and patronage of such magnates as Sapieha, Radziwiłł and Branicki had a significant impact on cultural development.
		It was also difficult to overestimate the importance of the National Education Committee and other activists working during the Enlightenment.
	www.interklasa.pl /portal/dokumenty/m022/en/historia5.htm (247 words)

	branicki (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The palace, which today is the home of the Medical Academy, in the XVII-th century was the residence of the mightiest magnat in Poland, the Castellan of Cracow and the Grand Crown Hetman.
		At that time it was the centre of a vast residential complex, due to which grandeur Bialystok gained the name of the Polish Versailles.
		The first person, who compared the palace to the Versaille was a German geographer Anton Friedrich Busching (1724-1793).
	www.zsi1.neostrada.pl.cob-web.org:8888 /europe02/bialystok/br_palace.htm (202 words)

	SkyscraperCity - Chateau de Versailles/ Versailles/ France (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He settled on the lodge and decided to convert it into a palace; this was largely completed by 1688.
		While the Palace was grand and luxurious, it was also impossibly expensive to maintain.
		Historians estimate that maintaining the Palace, including the care and feeding of its staff and the Royal Family, consumed as much as 25% of the entire national income of the country of France.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /printthread.php?t=125126&pp=25 (1175 words)

	Bialystok Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		There are not many work of art, becouse the palace was rob of all during conquestes and war.
		This is the fountain on Ludvik Zamenhof Square...and Ludvik Zamenhof (1859-1917) was born in Bialystok.
		A lovely palace in the heart of the city of Bialystok,has a nice cosy bar in the back entrance and a quality yet quiet resturant called the arsenal.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Poland/Wojewodztwo_Podlaskie/Bialystok-505836/Things_To_Do-Bialystok-R-2.html (640 words)

	Branicki's Palace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Palace of Branicki Family is one of the most notable magnate manors in the city of Warsaw, located at the junction of Podwale and Miodowa Streets.
		Soon afterwards it was bought by hetman Jan Klemens Branicki as his residence.
		Destroyed in 1941 by a Soviet air raid, it was rebuilt in 1967, basing on the paintings of Bernardo Belotto.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Branicki's_Palace (104 words)

	NATO Update: Workshop assesses cancer risks - 8 May 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		About 50 experts from 15 countries gathered to assess the scope of the problem, and consider a comprehensive approach to collecting data, which up to now has been collected somewhat haphazardly.
		The Workshop took place at the Medical Academy at Branicki Palace, in eastern Poland, with support from the NATO Science Programme.
		It followed on from a pilot study dealing with biological risk assessment undertaken by the environmental programme of the NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS).
	www.nato.int /docu/update/2001/0507/e0508b.htm (169 words)

	Bialystok Hotels and Accommodation
		Most hotels in Bialystok can be found in the proximity of the centre square, near Branicki Palace.
		Another great option, though on the expensive side is the Branicki Hotel.
		A boutique hotel the atmosphere of Branicki is often called the Ritz of Bialystok.
	www.polandforvisitors.com /poland/bialystok_hotels (160 words)

	photoSIG » Branicki's Palace in Bialystok (Poland)
		I like the view of the palace and the two lovers on the bench, who bring life to the scene; I don't know what to say about those two birds (ducks?) on the lake...
		I think they spoil the reflection of the palace.
		Alex, it was my idea to show a such a reflection - in my opinion it brings more life (dynamics) to the picture - i have used the ducks, but now i think i should throw a stone into the whater.
	www.photosig.com /go/photos/view?id=1234491 (223 words)

	Parelec 2006, International Symposium on Parallel Computing in Electrical Engineering
		In 18th century the duke Jan Klemens Branicki established his residence in Bialystok and built Branicki Palace.
		The palace and surrounding beautiful park is the most picturesque place in Bialystok for today.
		An important change in the character of the city is associated with creating of textile industry in the 19th century.
	we.pb.edu.pl /~parelec2006/venue.php (208 words)

	Jan Klemens Branicki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		See also Jan Klemens Branicki, starosta chęciński, who died in 1657 and Jan Klemens Branicki, marszałek trybunału koronnego, who died in 1673
		Jan Klemens Branicki (1689-1771) was a member of the Polish gentry, magnate, Field Crown Hetman of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1735-1752, Great Crown Hetman since 1752-1771.
		Branicki was one of the most powerful and influential magnates in Poland of the 18th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jan_Klemens_Branicki (312 words)

	Polish culture: Historical Museum in Bialystok (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The museum's collection contains items related to the history of the city of Bialystok, whose original city plan was drawn up according to the rules of Baroque composition.
		Jan Klemens Branicki's palace was built in the same style, and was the grandest aristocratic residence of eighteenth-century Poland, called the "Versailles of Podlasie".
		A model of the city's eighteenth-century urban design is on permanent display.
	www.culture.pl /en/culture/artykuly/in_mu_historyczne_bialystok (94 words)

	The Knyszynska primeval forest
		Jan Klemens Branicki, a commander in chief, became the heir of the Bialystok area.
		At that time the central part of the town with its triangular market was formed.
		More important monuments in the centre of Bialystok include the Branicki Palace and park complex, the church under the invocation of Mary's Assumption, St.Nicholas's orthodox church, St.Roch's church, and the former guest-palace and arsenal.
	ettc.uwb.edu.pl /strony/bialystok/pluca/knysz.html (889 words)

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