The Łazienki Street () is a street in the
Warsaw
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's
Śródmieście district, running from
Czerniakowska Street to
Stanisław Sedlaczek
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roundabout and
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
city stadium, and tennis courts belonging to the
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
Our Lady of Częstochowa
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was built on the street, designed by
Hugon Kuder.
On
1 August 1944, at
W-hour, insurgents unsuccessfully attacked the Polish Scouting Association House, occupied by the Germans until the capitulation of the uprising. In August 1944, a barricade was erected on the street. In September 1944, the Germans bombed the church of
Our Lady of Częstochowa
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* The possessive form of " we"
Places
* Our (river), in Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany
* Our, Belgium, a village in Belgium
* Our, Jura, a commune in France
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* Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), a governm ...
.
Most of the wounded transferred from the neighboring insurgent hospital "Blaszanka" perished in its ruins.
After the war, a funeral chapel located in the unfinished
campanile
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was adapted to meet the needs of the faithful. Part of the church grounds, along with the rectory, was taken over for the construction of the
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.
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. In the 1980s and 1990s, the ruined building was expanded, and the chapel-converted church was dedicated to
Our Lady of Jerusalem.
In 1946, the bus depot at 8 Łazienkowska Street, which was 45% destroyed, was rebuilt as a
trolleybus depot. In 1953, the
Torwar indoor ice rink was established.
Between 2008 and 2010, the
Polish Army Stadium
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used by
Legia Warsaw
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was replaced with a new facility.
In 2008, the Legia pools basin was demolished, in 2011 the functionalist locker room building, and in 2012 or 2013 the distinctive diving tower.
Notable landmarks
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Kazimierz Deyna Monument
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*
Polish Army Stadium
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with
Legia Warsaw Museum
*
Torwar I and Torwar II halls, including the headquarters of the
Central Sports Center
*
Church of Our Lady of Jerusalem
* Former Polish Scouting Association House, now home to
MDK Łazienkowska
See also
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References
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Streets in Warsaw
Roads in Poland
Ujazdów, Warsaw
Solec, Warsaw