Solec, Warsaw

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Solec
Warsaw neighborhood
Contemporary Solec
Contemporary Solec
Location of Solec neighborhood (red) in the district of Śródmieście-Downtown (navy blue)
Location of Solec neighborhood (red) in the district of Śródmieście-Downtown (navy blue)

Solec (Polish pronunciation:

tower blocks
and commercial buildings.

History

Middle Ages–1700s

The village of Solec was first documented in 1381 and in 1382

Duke of Masovia, granted the settlement autonomy, which included trade privileges.[1] Archaeological examinations and excavations have revealed the existence of a medieval port at which barges transporting salt would moor.[2] These barges travelled across the Vistula carrying salt from distant regions such as Kraków and, notably, from the salt mining town of Wieliczka.[2][3]

Symonowicz Palace from 1768

Solec was granted

war damage, the Symonowicz Palace still stands today.[6]

In 1770,

Warsaw uprising.[7]

1800–1939

Solec embankment by Aleksander Gierymski, 1883

The early 19th century brought considerable

November uprising against the Russians began after a Polish squadron destroyed the Weiss Brewery in the vicinity of the Russian army barracks.[8]

With industrialization came

Marshal Rydz Park (contemporary Wioślarska Street) were occupied by a slum comparable to London's Docklands. This extended to Powiśle. In the interwar period (1918–1939), the areas of Rozbrat and Górnośląska streets was urbanized; a colony of luxurious villas and manors built for Warsaw's intelligentsia which still exists today.[10]

1939–contemporary

Powiśle Park commercial building

The

Warsaw uprising in 1944 brought severe destruction to most of the suburb's already low quality shanty buildings, particularly in the south.[11]
Some of the most brutal fighting took place in Solec; the Germans hanged or executed most of the captured partisans, including women, in a paint factory.

In post-war years, the authorities of the Polish People's Republic attempted to remove the previous slum and industrial character of the neighbourhood. The factories with most workhouses were not reconstructed and were instead replaced by socialist tower blocks and apartment buildings in the 1960s and 1970s.[12] The tram line ceased operation in 1960.

Since 1989, the suburb has undergone a major transformation with the construction of new housing estates, hotels, commercial facilities and gradual modernization.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ulice Twojego Miasta | Warszawa | Solec". ulicetwojegomiasta.pl.
  2. ^ a b "Rynek Solecki – Jak solą w Warszawie handlowano". 16 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Isia: "To też są zabytki – słona ulica"". nepomuki.pl.
  4. ^ "ulica Solec – Powiśle – Warszawa Śródmieście". www.warszawska.waw.pl.
  5. ^ "Rynek Solecki – Ulice – Dzielnica Śródmieście m. st. Warszawy". srodmiescie.warszawa.pl.
  6. ^ a b "Warszawa – barokowy pałac Symonowiczów " Zamki Rotmanka".
  7. ^ "Warszawa – Ogrody "Na Książęcem". Atrakcje turystyczne Warszawy. Ciekawe miejsca Warszawy". www.polskaniezwykla.pl.
  8. ^ "Polish History – 186 years ago the November uprising".
  9. ^ "Powiśle". Warszawy historia ukryta.
  10. ^ "Kolonia Profesorska – Ujazdów – Warszawa – warto zobaczyć w iwaw". www.iwaw.pl.
  11. ^ "Powstanie Warszawskie 1944 – Oficjalna strona Stowarzyszenia Pamięci Powstania Warszawskiego 1944". www.sppw1944.org.
  12. ^ a b Gniazdowska, Magda (23 January 2014). "Ulica Solec". mojepowisle.com.

52°13′47″N 21°02′17″E / 52.2298°N 21.0381°E / 52.2298; 21.0381

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