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Łazienki Route
The Łazienki Route () is a road in Warsaw, Poland. It connects the center of Warsaw with the east-bank of Warsaw. It was built from 1971 to 1974. The road is an important part of the east–west transportation infrastructure of Warsaw. It is classified as a class GP road ("fast traffic road") and has two or three lanes of traffic in each direction. The length of the route is . The name of the road refers to Łazienki Park and Łazienki Palace, located to the south-west of the Łazienki Bridge. History The oldest plans for the route date to the 1930s. It was built in the years 1971–74 in the People's Republic of Poland, during the era of Edward Gierek. It was opened on 22 July 1974, on the 30th anniversary of the People's Republic. The construction was one of three major infrastructure projects in Warsaw (the two others being the Warszawa Centralna railway station and Wisłostrada route). It was extended in the 1990s. It has been subject to various major repairs over its his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerusalem Avenue, Warsaw
Jerusalem Avenue () is one of the principal streets of the capital city of Warsaw in Poland. It runs through the City Centre along the east–west axis, linking the western borough of Wola with the bridge on the Vistula River and the borough of Praga on the other side of the river. History The name of the street comes from a small village erected in 1774 by prince and marshal August Sułkowski for the Jewish settlers in Mazovia. The name of the village was Nowa Jerozolima (''New Jerusalem''), and the road to Warsaw was named ''Aleja Jerozolimska'' (singular, as opposed to the modern Polish name, which is plural). The village was established despite an antisemitic law which forbade Jews from living within a two-mile radius of Old Warsaw. A lawsuit was brought against Sulkowsi and the neighborhood was destroyed on 23 January 1776. The Jewish community was expelled, their houses torn down, and their belongings confiscated. It was there that the first railway station in Warsaw wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
