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... ee times it was taken and pillaged by Swedish and Transylvanian forces. The years of the "deluge" destroyed and emptied the city of its cultural goods. A great number of works of art, books, paintings, tapestries and other historic objects were taken by the invaders. Then followed a period of regression. After the election of King Jan III Sobieski Warsaw returned to its former economic and cultural glory. The Northern War (1700-1721), the invasion of Charles XII coupled with internal strife leading to the dethronement of August II and the crowning of Stanisław Leszczyński attenuated by raging epidemics put a brake on the development of Warsaw. Under the reign of the Saxons and following the stabilisation of the internal situation Warsaw again became an important cultural c... Read all>>