Theatre Square (Warsaw)
Great Theater
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Theatre Square (
Great Theatre
building to the Senatorska Street.
The origins of the square date back to the beginning of the 19th century, when a small square was established in 1818. From 1825 to 1832 the Great Theatre building was constructed. When the city administration was relocated to the
Revolution of 1905.[1]
In
Home Army partisans. Most of the surrounding buildings were heavily damaged or completely destroyed.[1]
After the war several buildings were restored, excluding the pre-war city hall with its notable clock tower. It was rebuilt according to the original architectural plans only in the late 1990s.
Landmarks
Landmarks on the square include:
- The Great Theatre(reconstructed 1951–65)
- The Jabłonowski Palace (reconstructed 1995–97)
- The Stanisław II Augustus)
- Saints Albert and Andrew's Church (Kościół św. Brata Alberta i św. Andrzeja Apostoła – a church for the Warsaw creative communities), reconstructed in 1999)
- Petyskus House (Kamienica Petyskusa), restored in 1950
- The Warsaw Meridian (a marker for the meridian, set up in 1880 – since superseded by Greenwich Mean Time)
References
- ^ a b Plac Teatralny at the official website of Śródmieście district
External links
Media related to Theatre Square in Warsaw at Wikimedia Commons
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