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Łazienki Street
The Łazienki Street () is a street in the Warsaw's Śródmieście, Warsaw, Śródmieście district, running from Czerniakowska Street, Warsaw, Czerniakowska Street to Stanisław Sedlaczek roundabout and Rozbrat Street, Warsaw, Rozbrat Street. History The street was likely established at the end of the 19th century along the northern boundary of the Russian cavalry barracks complex. Around 1930, pools, the Polish Army Stadium, city stadium, and tennis courts belonging to the Legia Warsaw, Central Military Sports Club "Legia" were built on the site of the former barracks. In 1937, the construction of the Polish Scouting Association House, designed by Tadeusz Koszubski and Stefan Putowski, was completed at number 7. Between 1923 and 1933, a church dedicated to Black Madonna of Częstochowa, Our Lady of Częstochowa was built on the street, designed by Hugon Kuder. On Warsaw Uprising, 1 August 1944, at "W" Hour, W-hour, insurgents unsuccessfully attacked the Polish Scouting Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Łazienki Park
Łazienki Park, or the Royal Baths Park (), is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. The park-and-palace complex lies in the Downtown, Warsaw, Downtown district, on Ujazdów Avenue, which is part of the Royal Route, Warsaw, Royal Route linking the Royal Castle, Warsaw, Royal Castle with Wilanów Palace to the south. In the mid-16th century the Łazienki area became part of the estates of Queen Bona Sforza, who ordered the construction of a wooden manor house with an Italian garden. In 1624 King Sigismund III Vasa erected, north of the present Łazienki Park, the quadrilateral stone Ujazdów Castle. Most of the Łazienki Park buildings were originally designed in the 17th century by Tylman van Gameren in the Baroque style for military commander Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski, including an ornate bathing pavilion that eventually gave its name to the gardens. In 1764 King Stanisław II August obtained Ujazdów, Warsaw, Ujazdów and extensi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
