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Stefan Żeromski Park (Szczecin)
The Stefan Żeromski Park, until 1945 known as the Grabowo Gardens, is an urban park and arboretum in Szczecin, Poland. It is located in the Old Town, Szczecin, Old Town neighborhood, within the Śródmieście, Szczecin, Downtown district, between Matejki, Malczewskiego, Parkowa, Kapitańska, Storrady, Wawelska, Starzyńskiego, and Zygmunta Starego Streets. With an area of 21.97 ha, it is the second largest park in the city. It was established in 1910, in place of the former Grabowo Cemetery. Name The park is named after Stefan Żeromski, a 19th- and 20th-century novelist and dramatist. Before 1945, it was known as the Grabowo Gardens (German: ''Grabower Anlagen''). History Between 1735 and 1741, Fort Leopold (Szczecin), Fort Leopold was constructed to the southeast of the current park, as part of the city fortifications of the Szczecin Fortress. It was designed by Gerhard Cornelius van Wallrawe. In the first half of the 18th century the French Reformed Church Cemetery, Refo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (United Kingdom, UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other municipal corporation, incorporated places that offers open space reserve, green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors. Urban parks are generally Landscape architecture, landscaped by design, instead of lands left in their natural state. The design, operation and maintenance, repair and operations, maintenance is usually done by government agencies, typically on the local government, local level, but may occasionally be contracted out to a park conservancy, "friends of" group, or private sector company. Depending on size, budget, and land features, which varies considerably among individual parks, common features include playgrounds, gardens, hiking, running, fitness trails or paths, bridle paths, sports fields and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
