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Warsaw is the media centre of Poland, and the location of the main headquarters of TVP and other numerous local and national TV and radio stations, such as Polskie Radio (Polish Radio), TVN, Polsat, TV4, TV Puls, Canal+ Poland, Cyfra+ and MTV Poland. [190] Warsaw also has a sizable movie and television industry.
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application ... Poland. In December 2012, the Google Maps application was separately made available ... Poland: Warsaw
Royal Route, Warsaw, 2022. The Royal Route (Polish: Trakt Królewski, IPA: [ˈtrakt kruˈlɛfskʲi]) in Warsaw, Poland, is a former communication route that led southward from the city's Old Town. It now comprises a series of connecting Warsaw streets that feature a number of historic landmarks.
In 1980, Warsaw's Old Town was placed on the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites as "an outstanding example of a near-total reconstruction of a span of history covering the 13th to the 20th century. [12] The site is also one of Poland's official national Historic Monuments (Pomnik historii), as designated 16 September
Nowy Świat on a Summer Day, by Władysław Podkowiński, 1892, National Museum, Warsaw Nowy Świat Street, 1935. Until the 16th century, Nowy Świat was a main road leading to numerous aristocratic palaces and villages south of Warsaw. The street's present name was coined in the 17th century, after the city had begun growing substantially (c ...
Warsaw Old Town Market Place, Barrs Side, photograph of 1945 [1] Warsaw's Old Town Market Place (Polish: Rynek Starego Miasta, pronounced [ˈrɘ.nɛk staˈrɛ.ɡɔ ˈmjas.ta]) is the center and oldest part of the Old Town of Warsaw, Poland. Immediately after the Warsaw Uprising, it was systematically blown up by the German Army. [2]
Until the 18th century, the area now occupied by the square was little more than sparsely-populated open terrain south of the then-city limits of Warsaw.. During the reign of King Augustus II the Strong, between 1724 and 1731, a "road to Calvary" (Stations of the Cross) was created, with the first station being located near the present square, and the last station next to Ujazdów Castle to ...
Mokotów (Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈkɔtuf] ⓘ) is a city quarter of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (Służewiec Przemysłowy), while the majority is full of parks and green areas (Mokotów Field