Bank Square, Warsaw
Plac Bankowy (English: 'Bank Square', formerly Plac Dzierżyńskiego) is one of
History
Created in the 19th century, under the Congress Kingdom, the square was designed to be an elegant area of the country's capital. Notable buildings included the Palace of the Ministry of Revenues and Treasury (a building reconstructed by Antonio Corazzi), the Bank of Poland and the Warsaw Stock Exchange (also by Corazzi). The square was originally triangular-shaped.[1]
Between 1875 and 1878 the
In the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, the remaining buildings on the square were destroyed. After the war, city planners reconstructed only its historic western part, changing it into a rectangle. The synagogue was not rebuilt and currently in the same location is the Błękitny Wieżowiec office building.
Under the communist
Today
Bank Square's present-day landmarks include Błękitny Wieżowiec (the Blue Skyscraper), and the former seat of the Ministry of Treasury now serves as Warsaw's
In 2001, a monument to Juliusz Słowacki, by Edward Wittig (actually designed in 1932), was erected on the spot previously occupied by the statue of Feliks Dzierżyński.
In front of the Błękitny Wieżowiec is a
References
- ^ "Plac Bankowy". Warszawa1939.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2014-03-09.
Photos and paintings showing the square as it was