The Concord Square (

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: ''Plac Zgody'') is an

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. It is located in the district of Śródmieście, at the boundary of neighbourhoods of Centrum and

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, at the intersection of Wojska Polskiego Avenue, Księcia Bogusława X Street, Bohaterów Getta Warszawskiego Street, and Bałuki Street.

History

It was constructed in the 1880s, and named in 1880, the Bismarck Square (

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: ''Bismarckplatz'';

: ''Plac Bismarcka'') after

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (; born ''Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck''; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as ...

, a 19th-century statesman and diplomat, best knosn for his role in the

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, of which he was the chancellor from 1871 to 1890. Around the square were placed the four-storey-tall tenements.''Encyklopedia Szczecina'', vol. 2: ''P–Ż''. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 2000, p. 698. ISBN 83-7241-089-5. (in Polish) The square was bombed in 1944, during the

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, and the buildings around it were destroyed. In 1945, it was renamed to the Concord Square, and on 1 March 1950, to the Polish–Soviet Friendship Square (Polish: ''Plac Przyjaźni Polsko-Radzieckiej''). It was again renamed to the previous name in 1989. In 1973, the tram line going though the square was removed, and im the 1980s around it were constructed new residential and commercial buildings. In 1980, between Bałuki and Bogusława X Streets was unveiled

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sculpture by

Władysław Hasior Władysław Hasior (; 14 May 1928 – 14 July 1999) was a Polish sculptor, painter and theatre set designer. He was one of the leading Polish contemporary sculptors connected with the Podhale region. Biography Władysław Hasior was born in Now ...

, titled '' Fiery Birds''. It consisted of eighteen colourful sculptures of birds of various sizes, standing on metal wheels, and placed on a steel ramp. It remained there until 1989, when it was removed to make place for construction of a multifamily residential building. In 1994, it was relocated to its current location in the Kasprowicz Park. The Concord Square was remodeled in 2023. Its central part, previously dominated by crossing it Wojska Polskiego Avenue, was replaced by a pedestrian area. Additionally roads forming a roundabout around it, had their surface replaced from asphalt with pavement.

Characteristics

The square is located in the district of Śródmieście, at the boundary of neighbourhoods of Centrum and

, at the intersection of Wojska Polskiego Avenue, Księcia Bogusława X Street, Bohaterów Getta Warszawskiego Street, and Bałuki Street. It is surrounded by the residencial and commercial buildings.

References

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