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Marszałkowska (''lit. Marshal Street'') is one of the main thoroughfares of
Image:Warszawa - Marszałkowska1867.jpg, ''Marszałkowska Street in 1867''
Image:Warszawa - Marszałkowska 1912.jpg, ''General view in about 1912''
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2008-0415-508, Warschau, Luftaufnahme, Zerstörungen.jpg, Warsaw during World War II: destroyed townhouses between Zielna (top) and Marszałkowska streets (bottom). In bottom right corner building Marszałkowska 156 on the corner with Królewskia street, also visible Bloch Palace at Marszałkowska 154. September 1939
File:Warsaw during WWII - Rondo Dmowskiego.jpg, Intersection of Marszałkowska Street and Aleje Jerozolimskie Street in Warsaw during German occupation. Visible tramway #3 with a billboard "Kamea woda kwiatowa". Behind it ruins of destroyed in 1939 townhouse at Marszałkowska 98/al. Jerozolimskie 33 streets.
Image:Polish Army Parade waf-2012-1502-29 (1945).jpg, ''Shortly after the war''January 19th 1945 1st Polish Army of the East Marszałkowska Street Warsaw
Image:OldWarsaw4.jpg, ''Insurance Company "Rosja" in 1901''
Image:Warszawa - Marszałkowska 1904.jpg, ''Herse Tenment in 1904''
Image:Warszawa-Marszałkowska-1914.jpg, ''Rothberg Tenment in 1914''
Image:Warszawa-Marszałkowska1914.jpg, ''Marszałkowska in 1914''
Marszałkowska in 19th century
Streets in Warsaw Śródmieście, Warsaw {{Poland-road-stub
Marszałkowska (''lit. Marshal Street'') is one of the main thoroughfares of Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
's city center
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. It links Bank Square in its north sector with ''Plac Unii Lubelskiej'' (Union of Lublin
The Union of Lublin ( pl, Unia lubelska; lt, Liublino unija) was signed on 1 July 1569 in Lublin, Poland, and created a single state, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, one of the largest countries in Europe at the time. It replaced the per ...
Square) in the south.
History
Contrary to a commonurban legend
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that attributes the name to Marshal of Poland
Marshal of Poland ( pl, Marszałek Polski) is the highest rank in the Polish Army. It has been granted to only six officers. At present, Marshal is equivalent to a Field Marshal or General of the Army (OF-10) in other NATO armies.
History
To ...
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Klemens Piłsudski (; 5 December 1867 – 12 May 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Naczelnik państwa, Chief of State (1918–1922) and Marshal of Poland, First Marshal of Second Polish Republic, Poland (from 1920). He was ...
, the street's name actually relates to 18th-century Grand Marshal of the Crown Franciszek Bieliński
Franciszek Bieliński of Junosza coat of arms (1683–1766) was a Polish statesman. A Grand Marshal of the Crown, Marshal of Prussia and a voivode of Chełmno, he is best remembered as a strong proponent of the expansion and the modernisation of ...
.
Marszałkowska street was established by Franciszek Bieliński and opened in 1757. It was much shorter then, running only from Królewska Street to Widok Street.
The street was almost entirely destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...
of 1944. Rebuilding of Warsaw after World War II
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coincided with emergence of ''socialist realism
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'', which greatly influenced the surrounding urban architecture.
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Marszałkowska in 19th century
Streets in Warsaw Śródmieście, Warsaw {{Poland-road-stub