The Saxon Garden is the oldest public park in Warsaw, laid out in the 17th century as the private gardens of the Saxon Palace and opened to the public in 1727. It is one of central Europe's first public green spaces. The formal French garden in the centre is flanked by tree-lined avenues, a fountain, and a sundial. At the park's edge stands the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — three arches preserved from the bombed Saxon Palace, under which an eternal flame burns for the Polish soldiers killed in the country's many wars.
The park is central, peaceful, and an ideal stop between the Old Town and the Palace of Culture. The iron gates along the central axis are original 18th-century ironwork.