Powiśle (pronounced ; literally ''along-the-

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'') is a neighbourhood in

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

's borough of Śródmieście (Downtown). It is located between the

river and its escarpment. Historically, it is composed of three neighbourhoods: central Powiśle,

Mariensztat Mariensztat () is a historic neighbourhood along the Vistula river in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. Situated between the riverbank and the UNESCO-protected Old Town, Mariensztat is part of the larger Śródmieście (Downtown) borough a ...

to the north (just below the

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) 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

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of 1944. It was inhabited by the unemployed and craftsmen of all types, factory and port workers,

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s, coalers, sand vendors, fishermen and prostitutes. As such it was similar in character to

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. 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 turn the area into the

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campus A campus is traditionally the land on which a college or university and related institutional buildings are situated. Usually a college campus includes libraries, lecture halls, residence halls, student centers or dining halls, and park-like se ...

, a notion that was already started by the construction of the

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and several faculties there.

External links

Unofficial web page of Powiśle
Guide about Powiśle area Neighbourhoods of Warsaw Śródmieście, Warsaw Hipster neighborhoods {{Neighbourhoods of Śródmieście, Warsaw