Mokotów Field (

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: ''Pole Mokotowskie'') is a large park in

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. A part of the parkland is called Józef Piłsudski Park. Located between Warsaw's

Mokotów Mokotów , is a ''dzielnica'' (borough, district) of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Mokotów is densely populated, and is a seat to many foreign embassies and companies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (''Służewiec ...

district and the city center, the park is one of the largest in Warsaw. Contrary to its name, only a small part of the modern Mokotów Field is located in the Mokotów district. Most of the field (48.61 ha, almost 71%) is located in Ochota and the City Center. Located within the park is the

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. The park is also famous for its bars. Just to the south is a

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station, the ''

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'' station. From 1818 till

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, on what was originally a 200ha area, a major part was occupied by an airfield and the

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aircraft works. The Mokotów Field was also, until 1934, the site of Warsaw Airport and, in the years 1884-1939, of the Warsaw Horse Racing Track. On May 17, 1935, the funeral of

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took place on the Mokotów Fields. The current park was designed by Stanisław Bolek and created in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2010, a two-kilometer educational trail was opened named after

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. In 2018, near the intersection of al. Niepodległości and ul. Wawelska Street, 45 apple trees were planted to commemorate prominent Polish women.

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Mokotów Parks in Warsaw Ochota {{PolishAirForce-stub

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