🏙️ Old Wilanów

Old Wilanów is a neighbourhood in Warsaw, Poland, within the northeastern portion of the Wilanów district. It is divided between the City Information System areas of Wilanów Królewski, Wilanów Niski, and Wilanów Wysoki. Its eastern portion is a residential area with low-rise single-family houses and mid-rise apartment buildings. The neighbourhood features the Wilanów Palace, a Baroque royal residence, built in 1696, for John III Sobieski, the King of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania. Currently it houses the King John III Museum in Wilanów, and includes a large Italian garden, with an area of 24 ha, known as the Wilanów Garden. The area also includes the St. Anne Collegiate Church, a Renaissance Revival Roman Catholic parish church dating to 1870, and the Poster Museum, a branch of the Warsaw National Museum, dedicated to the history of the poster design. Northeastern portion of the neighbourhood features the Morysin landscape park and nature reserve, majority of which is covered by a riparian forest. It also includes the Wilanów Lake and Wilanówka river.