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September Barricade Monument
The September Barricade Monument () is a brutalist architecture, brutalist mounument in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Ochota, at Grójecka Street, near the intersection with Opaczewska Street. The monument commemorates a barricade that was constructed by the Polish Armed Forces (Second Polish Republic), Polish Armed Forces during the siege of Warsaw (1939), Siege of Warsaw, and used between 8 and 27 September 1939. It consists of three large concrete sculptures, depicting numerals of dates ''8-IX'' (8 September), the day the barricade was erected, ''1939'', the year of the siege, and ''27-IX'' (27 September), the day the city capitulated. It was designed by Julian Pałka, and unveiled on 12 September 1979. History The monument was designed by Julian Pałka, and unveiled on 12 September 1979, as part of the celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Siege of Warsaw (1939), Siege of Warsaw. It was renovated in 2020.Irena Grzesiuk-Olszewska: ''Warszawska rzeźb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ochota
Ochota () is a district of Warsaw, Poland, located in the central part of the city's urban agglomeration. It is Warsaw's most densely populated district and home to the scientific campus of the University of Warsaw. The biggest housing estate A housing estate (or sometimes housing complex, housing development, subdivision (land), subdivision or community) is a group of homes and other buildings built together as a single development. The exact form may vary from country to count ...s of Ochota are: * Kolonia Lubeckiego * Kolonia Staszica * Filtry * Rakowiec * Szosa Krakowska * Szczęśliwice * Osiedle Oaza Neighbourhoods within the district * Stara Ochota * Filtry * Rakowiec * Szczęśliwice See also * Defense of Ochota and Wola (1939) * Ochota massacre * Warsaw Icon Museum References External links * * * Populated places established in the 13th century Populated places established in the 19th century Populated places established in 1951 States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poplar Of The Defenders
Poplar may refer to: Plants *''Populus'', the plant genus which includes most poplars, as well as aspen and cottonwood ** Black poplar (''Populus nigra'') ** Carolina or Canadian poplar, ''Populus × canadensis'' ** Grey poplar (''Populus × canescens'') ** White poplar *** ''Populus alba'', native to Eurasia *** ''Populus grandidentata'', bigtooth aspen *** ''Populus tremuloides'', American aspen * ''Liriodendron'', the genus of tulip poplars ** Yellow poplar or tulip poplar (''Liriodendron tulipifera'') ** ''Liriodendron chinense'', Chinese tulip poplar Places ;Canada * Poplar, Ontario, a community in the township of Burpee and Mills * Poplar Creek, British Columbia, a ghost town ;United Kingdom * Poplar, London ** Poplar High Street * Metropolitan Borough of Poplar (1900–1965) * Poplar DLR station * Poplar (UK Parliament constituency) * Poplar and Limehouse (UK Parliament constituency) Poplar and Limehouse is a constituency which was first created in 2010. It has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
