The Sigismund Augustus Bridge (Polish: most Zygmunta Augusta) was a timber bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw which came into operation in 1573 and lasted for 30 years. It was the first permanent crossing over the Vistula River in Warsaw and the longest wooden crossing in Europe at the time at 500 meters in length. The bridge was one of the greatest engineering works of the Renaissance in Poland and one of the largest in Europe.
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The SigismundAugustusBridge (Polish: most Zygmunta Augusta) was a timber bridge over the Vistula River in Warsaw which came into operation in 1573 and...
Sigismund II Augustus (Polish: Zygmunt II August, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...
projects, including the city wall Stara Prochownia to protect SigismundAugustusBridge. After her husband's death in December 1586, Anna had the opportunity...
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Three-Year Plan Related articles Duke of Masovia Warsaw Lyceum SigismundAugustusBridge Załuski Library Krasiński Library Frédéric Chopin Piotr Wysocki...
Statue of Jesus Christ from the Holy Cross Church Mirów Halls in flames Sigismund's Column demolished by German tank shell A German soldier sets fire to...
Warsaw near the end of the 16th century. The right side shows the SigismundAugustusbridge built 1568–1573 by Erazm Cziotko (c. 500 m (1,600 ft) long)....
was poisoned on the orders of the Polish queen, Bona Sforza, and King Sigismund I). In 1529, Warsaw for the first time became the seat of the General...
from Kraków by Sigismund III Vasa. 1603 - SigismundAugustusBridge collapses. 1611 29 October: Shuysky Tribute. 16 November: John Sigismund, Elector of...
Sigismund III Vasa (Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania...
Renaissance paintings, prints, sculpture, textiles, among them the Sigismund II Augustus tapestry collection, goldsmith's work, arms and armor, ceramics...
period of rule of the King Władysław II Jagiełło (1386–1434) and Sigismund II Augustus, the last of the Jagiellonian Dynasty monarchs, until his death...
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Renaissance as fostered by the last Jagiellonian Kings Sigismund I the Old (r. 1506–1548) and Sigismund II Augustus (r. 1548–1572) resulted in an immense cultural...
Zachwatowicz reconstructed part of the walls and the western part of the bridge, demolishing one of the newer buildings in the reconstruction process. However...
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