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Presidential Palace
The Radziwiłłów Palace (today the Presidential Palace)
Its subsequent owners, the Radziwiłł family, added the extension wings in 1738-1740. In 1817 the palace was purchased by the government of the Polish Kingdom to become the seat of the Tsarist Viceroys. On February 24, 1818 the 8-year-old Frederic Chopin gave his first public concert here at a Charity Society dinner. The young virtuoso performed the Concert in e-moll by Wojciech Jirovec (Gyrowetz). After World War I the building was refurbished to cater to the needs of the newly reconstituted Polish governmental authorities, as the palace became the official seat of the Council of Ministers.
During World War II the Germans transformed the palace into a casino and hotel which in fact saved the building from being destroyed. After WWII the palace once again became the seat of the Council of Ministers. In 1955 the Warsaw Pact treaty was signed here and in 1989 the Polish Round Table Agreement. The palace has been the office of the President of Poland from 1993.
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