Each of them has its own, flavor, its own character, but among all the features I want to draw your attention to the famous Royal Palace. The architecture of the city brought together very different styles and periods that perfectly clear when visiting the various Warsaw residences, palaces and castles. But the capital of Poland is famous not only religious places, so the next section of your excursion may well be the “palaces of Warsaw.” It may be noted Czapski Palace, the Palace of Ostrog, Ujazdowski Castle and many other interesting sights. This is not an exhaustive list, and each of these churches and cathedrals have a beautiful architecture and an interesting history. The most significant is considered to be the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, built in 1900 and once considered the tallest building in the city Cathedral of Mary Magdalene, built in 1869 Catholic Church of the Sacred St.Martinian Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, built in 1867. This contributed to the fact that in Warsaw a lot of churches, churches, town halls and other monuments of religious architecture. Main attractionsįrom the XIV century Poland, in particular, and Warsaw, began to take a very serious place in the religious life of the whole of Europe. For each such place you need to experience each attraction keeps a history of the past days and can tell you a lot. To visit all the sights and enjoy them you hardly enough a few days. In fact, the city is not less beautiful than the legend of its foundation. But all the legends and history that for many centuries are so closely intertwined that already quite difficult to tell where the truth and fiction. Thus, and founded a small town called Warsaw.

With this money, the fisherman built a new solid house, and around it were built over time, and the other fishermen. Prince Casimir became their godfather, and in gratitude for the hospitality and the honor bestowed godfather family fisherman. The parents decided to name their Warsch and Sava. Going there, he saw a fisherman happy family, one that just had two beautiful babies. After wandering a bit, he came to the banks of the Vistula River, where there was a fishing hut. A certain Prince Casimir once lost in the dense forest while hunting. There is another version of the story of the origin of the capital of Poland. In honor of the couple and was named the city, even the mermaid is depicted on the emblem of Warsaw and is one of the symbols of the city. As instituted in all legends, they love each other, but they could not be together, because belonged to different worlds, so they were together after death. Warsch – a young boy-fisherman who once met on the Vistula River Sava beautiful mermaid. According to her, the name of Warsaw includes two names Warsch and Sava.

There is a very beautiful legend associated with the foundation of the city. The historic center, the old town and the modern central areas are located on the west bank of the river, here we are concentrated all the major attractions. Administratively the city is divided into 18 districts, located on both banks of the river. Warsaw, Poland began in 1596, and today is the largest city in the country in terms of population and area. The first mention of Warsaw can be found in the XIV century, namely, in the manuscripts dating from 13 years. General Description of the cityĬity of Warsaw was built on the river Vistula, which determined its rapid economic development. Mirrored skyscrapers, the bustling streets and neighborhoods in stark contrast to the quiet streets and houses of Old Town a low. Despite the fact that many medieval monuments and buildings of Warsaw were rebuilt much of the city rebuilt in a modern style. Once one of the most beautiful cities in Eastern Europe, Warsaw has been disastrously badly damaged during the occupation by Hitler’s troops. Warsaw – Poland’s official capital, the largest city of the country, has for many centuries, occupies a dominant position on its political and cultural arena.

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