Parish Church. pw. Our Lady of Loreto (ul. Town Hall 5). It is part of the former Bernardine monastery complex. Originally built in 1641-45 at his own expense of King Władysław IV and his wife, Queen Cecylia Renata, according to the design. C. Tencalli, …
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Evangelical-Augsburg Church. Holy Trinity
Evangelical-Augsburg Church. Holy Trinity (Małachowski Square). Built in the years 1777-82 wg proj. Szymon Bogumił Zug, classicist. Built in the form of a rotunda covered with a dome with a lantern. From front portyk dorycki. External walls are decorated with rustication. We wnętrzu …
Wilanów
The trail of the Warsaw necropolises
Squares of Warsaw
Squares of Warsaw.
1. Kasper Denhoff Palace (Potocki) 2. Monument to Prince Józef Poniatowski 3. Stanisław Koniecpolski Palace – seat of the President of the Republic of Poland 4. Hotel Bristol 5. European Hotel 6. Monument to Bolesław Prus 7. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 8. “A house without edges” zwany Domem …
Royal Route
Old and New Town
HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY FACE OF THE CITY
HISTORY AND CONTEMPORARY FACE OF THE CITY.
The oldest known settlement in the area occupied today by Warsaw appeared approx. 10000 lat p.n.e. in the final period of the last glaciation, when this part of Mazovia was covered by the tundra. The so-called. reindeer hunters. From 9000-6000 years …
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital of Poland, provincial city, the largest city in the region described. It is located in the Warsaw Basin and on the plains: Warszawska and Wołomińska, on the Vistula River dividing the city into the left-bank and right-bank parts. It occupies an area 495 km2 and counts 1626 000 residents …
EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND CULTURE
The main educational center, Warsaw is the scientific and cultural center of the described region. Voivodship cities are also important centers: Plock, Ciechanów and Ostrołęka, and also Pułtusk. There are headquarters of universities, also branches of universities from other academic centers. Most state universities …