Saska Kępa
Saska Kępa
Saxon Meadow | |
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Praga Południe (navy blue) | |
Coordinates: 52°13′58″N 21°03′35″E / 52.2327°N 21.0596°E | |
Country | Poland |
Voivodeship | Masovian |
County/City | Warsaw |
Time zone | +2 |
Saska Kępa (Polish pronunciation:
History
In the seventeenth century, an area of the (eastern) bank of the
The location of Saska Kępa on the east bank of the Vistula, allowed the district to escape the systematic destruction inflicted during and after the
Ulica Francuska is today the main commercial street, and is lined with shops and increasingly large numbers of restaurants.
The "front door" to the district is Rondo Waszyngtona, a roundabout named after
Several controversial apartment complexes have sprung up within Saska Kępa, but no further major construction projects are being considered for fear they would damage the unique character of the area. Many of the older homes in Saska Kępa were remodelled in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but most were restored in a manner consistent with the pre-World War II character of the district.
Notable residents
- Tadeusz Baird - composer
- Wiktor Banach - Philanthropist
- Miron Białoszewski - poet, novelist, playwright and actor
- Polish Defensive War
- Jan Cybis - painter
- Katarzyna Figura - actress
- Józef Gosławski- sculptor and medallic artist
- Helena Gruszecka - actress (stage, radio and film)
- defense of the Polish Post Office in Danzig
- general of the Second Polish Republic
- Witold Lutosławski - composer
- Waldemar Łysiak - author, art historian and journalist
- Agnieszka Osiecka - poet and songwriter
- translator
- Jan Rokita - liberal-conservative politician, a member of Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament, and chairman of the parliamentary club of Civic Platform
- Krzysztof Skowroński - journalist and director of Polish Radio's Program 3
- singer/songwriter
- Stefan Wiechecki ("Wiech") - author
Bibliography
- Piwowar, Magdalena; Piątek, Grzegorz; Trybuś, Jarosław (2012). SAS. An illustrated Atlas of Saska Kępa ARchitecture. Warsaw: Centrum Architektury. ISBN 978-83-934574-0-3.
52°13′58″N 21°03′35″E / 52.2327°N 21.0596°E
External links
- Grollmus, Denise (2013-09-13). "The Urbanist's Warsaw: What to Do". nymag.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
- Koszewski, Krzysztof (2013-08-30). "Polska Revealed: Warsaw's leafy Saska Kępa neighbourhood is a treasure trove of modernist gems". wallpaper.com. Retrieved 2013-11-01.
References
- ^ "Informacje o dzielnicy - Warszawa, Praga Południe - Portal Informacyjny". www.citymedia.waw.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-12-02.