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... ld. The wars of the mid-17th century brought about an economic collapse of Warsaw. In the years 1655-1658 the city found itself under siege three times and three 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... Read all>>