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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. Fortified settlements founded in the 9th century form the core ...
Warsaw, [ a ] officially the Capital City of Warsaw, [ 7 ][ b ] is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous city ...
Warsaw Old Town, [a] also known as Old Town, [b] and historically known as Old Warsaw, [c][1] is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Śródmieście. [2] It is the oldest portion of the city, and contains numerous historic buildings, mostly from 17th and 18th ...
1390 - St. John's Cathedral construction begins. 1413 - Duke Janusz I of Warsaw from the Piast dynasty confirmed and extended the city rights of the Warsaw Old Town. [1] 1529 - Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland held in Warsaw. [2] 1534 - Paper mill established. [3] 1556–1557 - Sejm of the Kingdom of Poland held in Warsaw.
18,000 civilians killed [1]: 78. The Siege of Warsaw in 1939 was fought between the Polish Warsaw Army (Polish: Armia Warszawska) garrisoned and entrenched in Warsaw and the invading German Army. [1]: 70–78. It began with huge aerial bombardments initiated by the Luftwaffe starting on September 1, 1939 following the German invasion of Poland.
Old Town Market Place, Warsaw. Warsaw's Old Town Market Place (Polish: Rynek Starego Miasta) 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] After World War II, the Old Town Market Place was restored to its prewar appearance.
The Museum of Polish History or the Polish History Museum (Polish: Muzeum Historii Polski) is a museum and national cultural institute [2] in Warsaw, Poland. The purpose of the museum is to present the most important events in Polish history, with a particular emphasis on Polish traditions of freedom. Since September 2023, the new museum ...
The Duchy of Warsaw (Polish: Księstwo Warszawskie; French: Duché de Varsovie; German: Herzogtum Warschau), also known as the Grand Duchy of Warsaw[1] and Napoleonic Poland, [2] was a French client state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars. It initially comprised the ethnically Polish lands ceded to France by ...