
''Parade Square'' ( pl, Plac Defilad w Warszawie) is a square in
downtown Warsaw. Located between ulica ''
Świętokrzyska'' (Holy Cross Street) in the north, ''
Aleje Jerozolimskie
Jerusalem Avenue ( pl, Aleje Jerozolimskie) 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 Riv ...
'' (Jerusalem Avenues) in the south, ulica ''
Marszałkowska'' (Marshal's Street) in the east and the monumental
Palace of Culture and Science
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to the west, it is one of Warsaw's central squares. It's one of the
largest city squares in the world, and the second largest in the
European Union
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, after the
Alexanderplatz
() ( en, Alexander Square) is a large public square and transport hub in the central Mitte district of Berlin. The square is named after the Russian Tsar Alexander I, which also denotes the larger neighbourhood stretching from in the nort ...
in
Berlin
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,
Germany
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