My dad was taking part in this restoration effort in the 70s along with his art school class from. He was learning stone masonry so they were sculpting sandstone door portals etc. All of the art schools in Poland at that time were involved in the process and I heard numerous stories about differen schools competing to get the more "prestigious" tasks, some working in stone, others preparing stucco decorations etc. So it was indeed a joint effort of the entire nation to rebuild the castle. My father was 17 or 18 then and it was his first longer visit to Warsaw and it's still a vivid memory for him 50 years on.
Funny enough, when Bill Clinton visited Warsaw in 1997, he was also speaking at the Castle Square. I've been there!
My dad was taking part in this restoration effort in the 70s along with his art school class from. He was learning stone masonry so they were sculpting sandstone door portals etc. All of the art schools in Poland at that time were involved in the process and I heard numerous stories about differen schools competing to get the more "prestigious" tasks, some working in stone, others preparing stucco decorations etc. So it was indeed a joint effort of the entire nation to rebuild the castle. My father was 17 or 18 then and it was his first longer visit to Warsaw and it's still a vivid memory for him 50 years on.