New Grodno Castle

[1] The royal residence was built on the high bank of the Neman River at a little distance from the Old Grodno Castle which had suffered great dilapidation in the aftermath of the Swedish occupation in the early 18th century.

Construction was carried out between 1734 and 1751 under the supervision of several other Saxon architects, including Johann Friedrich Knöbel and Joachim Daniel von Jauch.

The palace was completed under the direction of Giuseppe de Sacco in 1789 and remained home for King Stanisław II August until 1797.

Scarcely anything is left of the original fabric of the castle, whose refined Rococo detailing vanished during World War II.

A plaque on the wall of the palace commemorates the council of war held in the royal residence by Tadeusz Kościuszko on 30 October 1794.

Main gates and entrance to the New Grodno Castle in the 18th century
New Grodno Castle as seen from across the Neman River , with the Old Grodno Castle looming in the distance, in 2007