Ujazdów Avenue

	Ujazdów Avenue Ujazdów may refer to the following places in Poland: Ujazdów, Warsaw, a neighbourhood in Śródmieście, Warsaw Ujazdów Avenue in Warsaw Ujazdów Castle in Warsaw Ujazdów Park Ujazdów Park ( pl, Park Ujazdowski) is one of the most picturesque parks of Warsaw, Poland. It borders '' Aleje Ujazdowskie'' (Ujazdów Avenue), with its many embassies and Sejm building. History From the late Middle Ages the area had been o ... in Warsaw Ujazdów, Włodawa County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Ujazdów, Zamość County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ujazdów, Warsaw Ujazdów (pronounced ) is a prominent neighbourhood situated in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is the southernmost part of the Downtown ( Śródmieście) district, next to Solec and historical Frascati. The main thoroughfare passing through the neighbourhood is Ujazdów Avenue; the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland, the Foreign Ministry and the Belweder Palace are located on or in the vicinity of the street. Ujazdów is an affluent neighbourhood, with villas, palaces and parks comprising most of its area. The most notable landmarks are the Łazienki Park and Palace on the Isle, the 18th century summer residence of Poland's last monarch Stanisław II Augustus. History The name derives from a 13th-century defensive fort (''gród'') and manor called Jazdów which belonged to the Masovian Dukes; its purpose was to defend the nearby settlement of Solec, which was a significant place of trade and commerce on the Vistula river. In 1262, the Grand Duke of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Śródmieście, Warsaw Śródmieście ( meaning "city centre", "downtown") is the central borough ''(dzielnica)'' of the city of Warsaw. The best known neighbourhoods in the borough are the Old Town (''Stare Miasto'') and New Town (''Nowe Miasto''). The area is home to the most important national and municipal institutions, many businesses, higher education establishments (e.g. University of Warsaw, Warsaw University of Technology and Medical Academy) and theatres. It is also home to most of the tourist attractions in Warsaw, including the tallest building in Warsaw (231 m), , the oldest university (est. 1809), the oldest public park (opened 1727), the oldest secular monument (1644) and . The name is also colloquially used for Warszawa Śródmieście railway station. Neighbourhoods within the district * Stare Miasto (Old Town) * Nowe Miasto (New Town) * Muranów * Śródmieście Północne (north Śródmieście) * Śródmieście Południowe (south Śródmieście) *Frascati (historical) P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ujazdów Avenue Ujazdów may refer to the following places in Poland: Ujazdów, Warsaw, a neighbourhood in Śródmieście, Warsaw Ujazdów Avenue in Warsaw Ujazdów Castle in Warsaw Ujazdów Park Ujazdów Park ( pl, Park Ujazdowski) is one of the most picturesque parks of Warsaw, Poland. It borders '' Aleje Ujazdowskie'' (Ujazdów Avenue), with its many embassies and Sejm building. History From the late Middle Ages the area had been o ... in Warsaw Ujazdów, Włodawa County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Ujazdów, Zamość County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) {{dab, geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ujazdów Castle Ujazdów Castle ( pl, Zamek Ujazdowski) is a castle in the historic Ujazdów district, between Ujazdów Park (''Park Ujazdowski'') and the Royal Baths Park (''Łazienki Królewskie''), in Warsaw, Poland. Its beginnings date to the 13th century, and it was rebuilt several times. Like many structures in Warsaw, it sustained much damage in the Warsaw Uprising (1944). Reconstructed 30 years later (1974), it now houses Warsaw's Center for Contemporary Art. History The first castle on the spot was erected by the Dukes of Masovia as early as the 13th century. However, in the following century their court was moved to the future Royal Castle in Warsaw, and the Ujazdów Castle fell into neglect. In the 16th century, a wooden manor was built there for Queen Bona Sforza. It was at Ujazdów Castle, on January 12, 1578, that Jan Kochanowski's blank-verse tragedy ''The Dismissal of the Greek Envoys'' received its premiere during the wedding of Jan Zamoyski and Krystyna Radziwiłł. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ujazdów Park Ujazdów Park ( pl, Park Ujazdowski) is one of the most picturesque parks of Warsaw, Poland. It borders '' Aleje Ujazdowskie'' (Ujazdów Avenue), with its many embassies and Sejm building. History From the late Middle Ages the area had been occupied by the village of Ujazdów, located several miles south of Warsaw's Old Town. In 1619-1625 a palace and garden were built here by Giovanni Battista Trevano for King Sigismund III Vasa. In 1782 King Stanisław August Poniatowski bought the village and relocated it about a kilometer west (near what is now the main campus of the Warsaw Polytechnic), while the old village's area (along the axis of the "Royal Road") was turned into ''Pole Marsowe'' (the Field of Mars), a large square for military parades, modeled and named after Paris' ''Champ de Mars''. The village itself was renamed ''Nowa Wieś'' ("New Village") and gave its name to the present-day ''ulica Nowowiejska'' (New Village Street). After the Russian takeover of Warsaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ujazdów, Włodawa County Ujazdów is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Hańsk, within Włodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship The Lublin Voivodeship, also known as the Lublin Province ( Polish: ''województwo lubelskie'' ), is a voivodeship (province) of Poland, located in southeastern part of the country. It was created on January 1, 1999, out of the former Lublin, C ..., in eastern Poland. References Villages in Włodawa County {{Włodawa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]