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PKO Rotunda
PKO Rotunda is a Rotunda (architecture), rotunda-type building owned by the PKO BP bank in the center of Warsaw, Poland. Designed from 1960–1969 by chief architect Jerzy Jakubowicz, it was the site of 1979 Warsaw gas explosion, a gas explosion in February 1979, which killed 49 people. It was opened again in October the same year. In 2015 Warsaw officials agreed to demolish the building, although it was an officially recognised monument – it was then believed that the building was fully reconstructed in 1979, after the explosion. The branch was closed on December 23, 2016. In March 2017 the builders were ordered to stop the demolition, as after a few days it was discovered that most of the building construction is, in fact, from the original building. The building was then carefully demolished, but parts of the original constructions (the central element and the roof) were saved in order to be accommodated into the new building. A new, three-level building in the same shape was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MJN Rotunda
MJN may refer to: * MJN, IATA airport code for Amborovy Airport * Mead Johnson Nutrition, an American manufacturer of infant formula * MJN Air, a fictional airline in the radio series, ''Cabin Pressure (radio series), Cabin Pressure'' * MJN v News Group Newspapers Ltd, a 2011 privacy case in English law decided by the High Court of Justice * MJN, abbreviation of Warsaw-based association Miasto Jest Nasze {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warszawa Centrum 1981 (SIK 03-035777Z)
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at 1.86 million residents within a Warsaw metropolitan area, greater metropolitan area of 3.27 million residents, which makes Warsaw the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 6th most-populous city in the European Union. The city area measures and comprises List of districts and neighbourhoods of Warsaw, 18 districts, while the metropolitan area covers . Warsaw is classified as an Globalization and World Cities Research Network#Alpha 2, alpha global city, a major political, economic and cultural hub, and the country's seat of government. It is also the capital of the Masovian Voivodeship. Warsaw traces its origins to a small fishing town in Masovia. The city rose to prominence in the late 16th cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
