Powiśle (region)
Powiśle may refer to: * Powiśle, Warsaw ** Powiśle, the working title for the Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station in Powiśle ** Warszawa Powiśle railway station Warszawa Powiśle, in English Warsaw Powiśle, is an urban railway station in Warsaw, Poland. Located in the neighborhood of Powiśle in borough of Śródmieście (Downtown), stretching between Aleje Jerozolimskie near Rondo Charles'a de Gaulle'a ...

Powiśle, Warsaw
Powiśle (pronounced ; literally ''along-the-Vistula'') is a neighbourhood in Warsaw's borough of Śródmieście (Downtown). It is located between the Vistula river and its escarpment. Historically, it is composed of three neighbourhoods: central Powiśle, Mariensztat to the north (just below the Warsaw's Old Town) and Solec to the south. In the 17th and 18th centuries the area was mostly inhabited by the poor. Little changed in the 19th century when the neighbourhood became slightly industrialized. It retained the character of a city slum until its almost complete destruction during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. It was inhabited by the unemployed and craftsmen of all types, factory and port workers, smiths, coalers, sand vendors, fishermen and prostitutes. As such it was similar in character to London Docklands. After the war, the area became partially rebuilt and the area of Mariensztat became the first neighbourhood of Warsaw to be reconstructed. Currently there are plans to tu ...
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Centrum Nauki Kopernik Metro Station
Centrum Nauki Kopernik is a station on the central part of Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro. The station fully opened for passenger use on 8 March 2015 as part of the inaugural stretch of Line M2 between Rondo Daszyńskiego and Dworzec Wileński. It was designed by Polish architect Andrzej M. Chołdzyński and constructed by Metroprojekt. Murals were created by Wojciech Fangor, artist of the Polish School of Posters. The station is near the Wybrzeże Kościuszkowskie street, very close to the bank of the Vistula river and the Copernicus Science Centre ( pl, Centrum Nauki Kopernik) which it is named after. Gallery C13 D 07.jpg, Entrance to the station Centrum Nauki Kopernik metro station 03.jpg, Entrance to the station Warszawa - Metro - Centrum Nauki Kopernik (16821930718).jpg, Main platform C13 Centrum Nauki Kopernik - ściana zatorowa, Dzień Otwarty Metra, 2014-11-09.jpg, Interior detail, murals designed by Wojciech Fangor Wojciech (pronounced: ) Bonawentura Fangor (15 ...
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