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Artur Zawisza Square, Warsaw

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When the fortifications surrounding Warsaw were dismantled in the 1870s, the area started to be built-up and settled, initially with wooden suburban houses around the square, but even before World War I, the area was being encroached upon by the dense city infrastructure. In 1909, a
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During World War II in 1942, the 19th century toll-houses were dismantled by the Germans, while the buildings surrounding the square were demolished in the aftermath of the
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Among notable buildings located at Zawisza Square are the
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on the road leading from downtown Warsaw towards the
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Nowa Jerozolima
Lubomirski's Ramparts
Jakub Kubicki
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Warsaw Uprising
Millennium Plaza
Warszawa Ochota railway station
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