Warsaw - Day 3

Warsaw Uprising Monument

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Warsaw Uprising Monument - Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego. Commemorating the Warsaw Uprising of 1 August 1944 to 2 October 1944. Installed in 1989. DSC_0126p1

National Library of Poland

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National Library of Poland = Biblioteka Narodowa. The Krasiński Palace (Palace of the Commonwealth) contains the Special Collections division. Rebuilt after World War II. Plac Krasińskich 3/5. "On the W. side of the Plac Krasiński ar ethe Judicial Archives and the handsome Krasiński Palace, built in the Italian Renaissance style in 1692. Bequeathed by Count Krasiński to Poland, the palace was used in the 18th cent. as the meeting-place of the Chamber of Deputies. It was burned down in 1782, but was rebuilt and has been used since 1876 as the seat of the Supreme Court of the District of the Vistula".--Baedeker 1914. DSC_0130p1

Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes

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Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes - Pomnik Bohaterów Getta w Warszawie. Memorial honoring those who died during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Installed in 1948 on the fifth anniversary of the Uprising. DSC_0132

Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes

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Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto Heroes - Pomnik Bohaterów Getta w Warszawie. Memorial honoring those who died during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943. Installed in 1948 on the fifth anniversary of the Uprising. Detail of the western façade. DSC_0135

POLIN

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich. Opened in 2013. The museum, located on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto, traces the story of the Jewish people in Poland. "The museum entrance is fashioned to resemble the Hebrew letter tav (ת), which stands at the beginning of such words as tarbut (culture) and teva (ark)". DSC_0136

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich. Main hall. The curved walls symbolizes disruption in the 1,000 year history of Polish Jews, while the large window to the outside symbolizes that their story is not yet over. IMG_5357

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews - Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich. Main hall. The curved walls symbolizes disruption in the 1,000 year history of Polish Jews, while the large window to the outside symbolizes that their story is not yet over. IMG_5358

Monument to the Fallen

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Monument to the Fallen and Murdered in the East = Pomnik Poległym i Pomordowanym na Wschodzie. The monument commemorates the victims of the Soviet invasion of Poland during World War II (17 September 1939). Bronze sculpture by Maksymilian Biskupski. Installed in 1995. Muranowska 2. DSC_0140

Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw

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Monument to the Heroes of Warsaw = Pomnik Bohaterów Warszawy, also known as the Warsaw Nike. The monument commemorates all those who died in the city between 1939 and 1945. Installed in 1964 and relocated in 1997. DSC_0120p1

Palace Under the Tin Roof

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Palace Under the Tin Roof - Pałac Pod Blachą. Built 1651-1656, rebuilt in 1698-1701 and 1948-1949. Part of the Royal Castle grounds. It was the first building in Warsaw to have a tin (copper) roof. Plac Zamkowy 2 "On the S. the Royal Palace is adjoined by the small Palais Pod Blanchą, which lies on a somewhat lower level. The palace once belonged to Count Lubomirski, but was purchased by King Stanislaus Augustus and presented by him to his nephew Joseph Poniatowski".--Baedeker 1914. DSC_0213

Old Town Market Square

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Old Town Market Square - Rynek Starego Miasta. Part of Historic Centre of Warsaw. UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1980. "... we cross the Plac Stare Miasto (Old Town Square), formerly the market-square. It contains many quaint old buildings, bearing the coats-of-arms of former owners, mottoes, images of saints, and reliefs".--Baedeker 1914. DSC_0184

Warsaw Mermaid Sculpture

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Syrenka, Mermaid of Warsaw statue. The fighting mermaid is the symbol of Warsaw. Oriignally installed in 1855, a copy in 2008. Plac Stare Miasto. DSC_0159p1

House At the Lion

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House At the Lion - Kamienica "Pod Lwem". Note the lion figure at the second story corner. Plac Stare Miasto. Part of Historic Centre of Warsaw. UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1980. DSC_0151

Old Town Market Square

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Old Town Market Square - Rynek Starego Miasta. Part of Historic Centre of Warsaw UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1980. "... we cross the Plac Stare Miasto (Old Town Square), formerly the market-square. It contains many quaint old buildings, bearing the coats-of-arms of former owners, mottoes, images of saints, and reliefs".--Baedeker 1914. DSC_0150

Sgraffito

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Tenant house with sgraffito at Ulicy Wąski Dunaj 1. IMG_5364

House of the Shoemakers

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Dom Szewców (House of the Shoemakers). Established in the 16th century. The Leatherworkers' guildhall from 1799. Ulicy Szeroki Dunaj 2. Part of Historic Centre of Warsaw UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 1980. IMG_5369

Barbakan - Barbican

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Barbakan - Barbican. Built ca. 1548 along with the second line of defensive Warsaw city walls. Reconstructed in 1952-1954. The Barbican is the gateway between the Old Town and the New Town. DSC_0165p1

Barbakan - Barbican

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Barbakan - Barbican. Built ca. 1548 along with the second line of defensive Warsaw city walls. Reconstructed in 1952-1954. The Barbican is the gateway between the Old Town and the New Town. DSC_0166

Nowe Miasto

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Nowe Miasto (New Town) from the Old Town ramparts. No. 6 is an 1855 combination of two older tenant houses. Rebuilt 1951-1954. Ulica Mostowa 2/4/6/8. DSC_0167

Nowe Miasto

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Nowe Miasto (New Town) from the Old Town ramparts. Teatr &quStara Prochownia. The building dates from 1581 and has been variously used as a powder magazine and a prison. Ulica Boleść 2. DSC_0168

Gospoda Kwiaty Polskie

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Gospoda Kwiaty Polskie. Polish restaurant in Old Town Warsaw. Wąski Dunaj 4/6/8. IMG_5381