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Aviators Square (Szczecin)
The Aviators Square, until 1945 known as the Augusta Square, is an town square, urban square in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the neighbourhood of Centrum, Szczecin, Centrum, within the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district, at the intersection of Pope John Paul II Avenue, Szczecin, Pope John Paul II Avenue, Jagiellońska Street, Kaszubska Street, Małopolska Street, and Mazurska Street. It was opened in the 1890s. History The urban square was constructed in the 1890s, as an recreational area. It has a form of a square at the street intersection, with Pavers (flooring), paver flooring and urban green areas. It was surrounded by tenements.''Encyklopedia Szczecina'', vol. 1: ''A–O''. Szczecin: University of Szczecin, 1999, p. 552–553. ISBN 83-87341-45-2. (in Polish) It was named ''Augusta Square'' (German: ''Augustaplatz''; Polish: ''Plac Augusty''), after Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, the Queen of Prussia and the first German Empress. One of the intersecting r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szczecin
Szczecin (, , german: Stettin ; sv, Stettin ; Latin: ''Sedinum'' or ''Stetinum'') is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport and Poland's seventh-largest city. As of December 2021, the population was 395,513. Szczecin is located on the river Oder, south of the Szczecin Lagoon and the Bay of Pomerania. The city is situated along the southwestern shore of Dąbie Lake, on both sides of the Oder and on several large islands between the western and eastern branches of the river. Szczecin is adjacent to the town of Police and is the urban centre of the Szczecin agglomeration, an extended metropolitan area that includes communities in the German states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Szczecin is the administrative and industrial centre of West Pomeranian Voivodeship and is the site of the University of Szczecin, Pomeranian Medical Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
