Medieval wall of the Curia Maior. In the 1339 the in heard a case brought by the King of,, against the German. He claimed that they had illegally seized a slice of Polish territory — and the region. The documents in this case are the earliest written testimony to the existence of. At that time a fortified town surrounded by earthen and wooden, and situated where the Royal Castle now stands, it was the seat of Trojden,. At the end of the 13th century, during the Duke's Conrad II of Mazovia reign, the wooden-earthen called Smaller Manor (: Curia Minor) was built. The next duke,, decided to build the first brick building here at the burg-city's area the Great Tower (: Turris Magna). The personal offices of the king and the administrative offices of the Royal Court of Poland were located there from the sixteenth century until the Partitions of Poland. Initially the complex served as the residence of the Dukes of Masovia, and since the sixteenth century, the seat of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: the King and Parliament (Chamber of Deputies and Senate). Poland; Japan; New Zealand; Peru; Spain; Israel; Belgium; Luxembourg; Brazil. El castillo de cristal; El castillo de cristal; Szklany zamek; O Castelo de Vidro. In the middle of the 14th century the Castle Tower, whose structure up to the first storey has survived to this day, was built, while during the reign over by Duke, the Curia Maior (Big Manor) was erected between 1407 and 1410. Its facade, which was still standing in 1944, was, but has been rebuilt since then. The character of the new residence and its size (47.5 m/14.5 m) decided the change of the buildings status, and from 1414 it functioned as a Prince Manor. Renaissance period [ ]. Plan of the Royal Castle in Warsaw at the beginning of the 17th century. When the region was incorporated in the in 1526, the edifice, which until then had been the Castle of the Dukes of Masovia, became one of the royal residences. From 1548 onwards Queen resided in it with her daughters, who became Queen of,, later to become Queen of Sweden, and, later. In 1556–1557 and in 1564 the King of Poland,, convened royal parliaments in. They met in the Castle. Following the (1569), by which the and the - were united as a single country, Warsaw Castle was regularly the place where the of the Two-Nations State met. In 1569–1572 King started alterations in the Castle, the architects being and Giacopo Pario. The Curia Maior was altered so as provide a meeting place for the, with premises for the Chamber of Deputies ( Sejm - delegates of the gentry) on the ground floor ( the Old Chamber of Deputies), and the Senate Chamber (where the Senators debated in the presence of the King) on the first floor.
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