Jablonowski Palace of Warsaw

Jablonowski Palace of Warsaw

Jablonowski Palace (former City Hall) in the city of Warsaw (Warszawa), Poland (Polska). From 1819 until 1939, this palace was the City Hall of Warsaw. This is from where Stefan Starzynski as President of Warsaw led the civilian defence of the city in September 1939. This is also where, in 1925, Maria Sklodowska-Curie received the Diploma of Honorary Citizen of Warsaw. During the same ceremony a foundation charter was read in preparation for the opening of the Radium Institute in the capital and in the evening, a banquet was held in the City Hall in honour of the scientist. The reconstructed building now houses financial institutions. During the archaeological works preceding the reconstruction, the basements were uncovered. The original foundations of the tower, under a glass cover, are a touching souvenir of the original palace.