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Forest Deans

1 km and zach. from Łomianki – Forest Deans. A village on the edge of the Kampinos National Park. A junction of marked hiking and cycling routes along the KPN. Pediatric hospital. Field station of the Department of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences conducting research on flora and …

Lomianki

City. Ok. 13 000 inhabitant. The seat of the city and commune office. Industrial center (Factory of Sintered Powder Products, wood industry plants). The seat of the Academic Institute of Family Studies at the Academy of Catholic Theology (Baczynski 7/9).

Wzmiankowane jako Łomny Małe …

Beets

Housing estate in Łomianki. Mentioned as a village in the 14th century.

W 1636 r. short-term city location, the development of which was interrupted by the destruction during the Swedish invasion.

Chapel at the convent of the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. st. Matthew. (ul. Goblin). Inside, there is a prototype of a figure of the Holy Mother of God (stored …

The Mermaid Monument

The Mermaid Monument situated at Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie (episode of Wisłostrada) near the Syrena Bridge, on the left bank of the Vistula. It was issued in 1939 r. wg proj. Ludwika Nitschowa. It is made of bronze and shows the figure of a mermaid – half female and half fish, holding w …

Monument to the Ghetto Heroes

Monument to the Ghetto Heroes located on the square at ul. Zamenhof, exhibited in 1948 r. wg proj. N. Rappaporta i L.M. Suzina, commemorating the armed uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in April-May 1943 r. The monument is made of gray basalt in the form of a vertical position …

Palace of Culture and Science

Palace of Culture and Science. Monumental building erected in the years 1952-56 under the supervision of the Soviet architect Lew Rudniew, situated between Al. Jerozolimskie, ul. Marszałkowska, Świętokrzyska and Emilia Plater. The main entrance is located on the side of ul. Marszałkowska; ma 42 storeys, counts 231 m …

Warsaw Citadel

Warsaw Citadel. It is a fortress built by the tsarist authorities after the Polish-Russian war in 1831 r. Built to intimidate the city's inhabitants against possible future protests and to protect the Russian garrison in the city. It was erected near the former Aleksandrowskie barracks. Her …