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The history of Warsaw spans over 1400 years. In that time, the city evolved from a cluster of villages to the capital of a major European power, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth —and, under the patronage of its kings, a center of enlightenment and otherwise unknown tolerance.
Warsaw Citadel From 11 November 2024, we invite you to a unique exhibition commemorating the 1,000th anniversary of the coronation of Bolesław I the Brave as King of Poland.
Warsaw's name in the Polish language is Warszawa.Other previous spellings of the name may have included: Warszewa, Warszowa, Worszewa or Werszewa. [20] [21] The exact origin and meaning of the name is uncertain and has not been fully determined.[22] [23] Originally, Warszawa was the name of a small fishing settlement on the banks of the Vistula river.One hypothesis states that Warszawa means ...
20 godz. temu · As the capital of the Republic of Poland, Warsaw houses all the central institutions of the national government as well as the residence of the Polish president (the Presidential Palace). The Sejm, Poland’s national legislature, is not far from the crossroads of Nowy Świat and Aleje Jerozolimskie.
5 dni temu · Warsaw Skyline of Warsaw, Poland. With the demise of the communist government in Poland in 1989, Warsaw underwent a rapid transition from command to market economy. Closed since World War II, the Warsaw Stock Exchange reopened and became an important market in central Europe.
Szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl is an on-line service developed by the NDA which presents scans and descriptions of archive materials collected in the Polish archives. Currently more than 55 million scans of archive materials are available in the service, their number still growing.
27 paź 2009 · More than 16,000 Polish soldiers and around 180,000 civilians lost their lives in Warsaw. By the end of World War II only one out of ten houses, monuments and churches had survived in the city; not even one bridge over the Vistula River was left standing, and there was no electricity or water.
