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« Thread Started on Feb 25, 2008, 6:48am »
Help me create a travel guide!
I thought New Town was an interesting place to start.
Feel free to add or subtract as we go along.

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Most people have heard of Old Town in Warsaw, with its reconstructed buildings and cafes, but Nowe Miasto (New Town) has its own charms to explore.

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Walking along present day ulica Freta you are tracing a centuries old path along the banks of the Vistula that stretched from Warsaw’s Old Town to the village of Zakroczym. Outside the barbican and Warsaw’s defensive, walls a small village emerged. This are grew and in the 14th century, Janusz the Elder granted the area independent status, and placed it outside the mayor of Warsaw’s jurisdiction and control.

Janusz I (c. 1340 – 1429) was Duke of Warsaw. His domain included the areas of Warsaw, Nur, Łomża, Ciechanów, Różan, Zakroczym and Czersk, Liw and Wyszogród. In 1386 Janusz became a hereditary vassal of Poland. In 1391 he inherited the title of the Duke of Podlachia. In 1406 he moved the capital of Masovia from Czersk to Warsaw. In 1409 he organized a banner of cavalry soldiers to aid his liege, the King of Poland, in the war against the Teutonic Order. The following year together with his banner, despite his age, he took part in the Battle of Grunwald.
information taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_I_of_Masovia

The area was originally known as New Warsaw, but to distinguish it from Warsaw proper, people began to refer to the area as Nowe Miasto or New Town. Once established, Nowe Miasto selected a town council and built a town hall on the Market Square. Churches and monasteries were also established.

New Town was vulnerable, not having the defensive walls or a barbican like Warsaw. By the end of the 18th century New Town lost independent status and once again came under Warsaw’s control.

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The old well - still has great water!

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St Casimir's - Kosciol sw Kazimierz

St. Casimir's - (Kosciol sw Kazimierza) and the adjoining convent belong to the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. In 1688, King Jan III Sobieski and Queen Maria Kazimiera, ordered built in about 1688. The queen dedicated the church to her husband’s victory over the Turks in Vienna.
She commissioned Tylman van Gameren to design the baroque style church. The interior was originally covered in frescos.

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New Town engraving sometime after 1784
source: Krystyna Sroczyńska, "Zygmunt Vogel", Wydawnictwo: PAN, Wrocław, Warszawa, Kraków 196


During World War II, the church became a field hospital for the Polish Army. A German bomb took a direct hit on the church and more than 1,000 people inside the church were killed.

Today, the church has been fully restored. However, the original frescos are gone and the interior is now plain white. A cross charred and partial burned remains in mute testimony to those killed by the bomb.

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The Vistula from New Town

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A church in New Town


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Maria Skłodowska's birthplace on ulica Freta (Freta Street) in Warsaw's "New Town."

Marie Skłodowska-Curie was born in Warsaw in 1867, the the youngest of five children.
Skłodowska-Curie was the first person to win or share two Nobel Prizes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie

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Maria Skłodowska-Curie
source: http://www.mlahanas.de/Physics/Bios/MarieCurie.htm



More information can be found at the following link:
eGuide | Treasures of Warsaw on-line
http://um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/perelki/index_en.php?mi_id=63&dz_id=3
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Re: Warsaw - New Town
« Reply #1 on Feb 25, 2008, 8:38am »
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What a wonderful idea and I hope you get the support the idea deserves. I don't know whether I can help you out with any photos of mine, most are of fairly popular places that are usually photoed, but I'll have a search through what I have. What a pity Pawi has left us and will be putting his photos on his own site. I see Chris Rdy.. asks whether you have any preference for format/transmission etc of photos. If it is a common one, it will help a lot of consistency.
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Re: Warsaw - New Town
« Reply #2 on Feb 25, 2008, 11:07am »
Holli,

A great idea. Although I haven't traveled to Poland, if I could help with the imaging any way please let me know.

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« Reply #3 on Feb 26, 2008, 6:22am »
Help!
I seem to recall something about this bear originally being on the Town Hall. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Also, did you notice the phone booth in the back? Don't see many of those these days!


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