| 15. Pl. Zamkowy and Pomnik (monument) Zygmunta III. We are now approaching the historical are of Warsaw. Castle Square has a monumnet of King Sigismund III. The granite column is a post-war reproduction of the original erected in 1634 and blown up by the Germans in 1944. The Royal Castle which gave the Square its name was also destroyed and it to be rebuilt soon. On the left behind the bus can be seen the old city walls. |