Lazienki Palace (Palac Lazienkowski), also called Palace on the Water (Palac na Wodzie), is located in the heart of beautiful Lazienki Park. This Neoclassical Palace was originally built in the 17th century in Baroque style for the Polish nobleman Stanislaw Lubomirski. From 1772 to 1793 the building was altered for the last King of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski, who made the palace his summer residence and refurbished it with neoclassical furniture and paintings. Under the partitions, the palace became the residence of the Russian government. After the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, the palace was set on fire by the Germans and much of its original interior was burned down. After the war it was meticulously restored. The palace is built on an artificial island, which divides the lake into two parts. On the ground floor of the palace is the "Bacchus-room", the royal baths, the ballroom, the portrait cabinet, the Salomon room, the rotunda with the figures of the Polish kings, the lower picture gallery, and the castle chapel. There is also the dinning room, which hosted the famous “Thursday Dinners”, to which the king invited prominent politicians, artists and scientists. On the first floor are the royal apartments, the upper picture gallery, the balcony room, the king's cabinet, the royal bed chambers, the cloakroom, and the officer's room.