Nalewki Street, Warsaw

Nalewki is a street in

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, Poland. The street runs from the Długa Street (Long Street) in the New Town towards what was the northern outskirts of the city in the 19th century, and the neighbourhood of

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. Until

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inhabited primarily by

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, after the war it was rebuilt only partially, part of its former course taken up by a park established after the war. The historical Nalewki Street's intersection with Franciszkańska was one of the busiest corners of pre-World War II Warsaw; the present Bohaterów Getta does not get that far. The name of the street and the area is derived from marshes that used to cover much of the area in the 18th century. Streets in Warsaw Muranów (City Information System area) Jewish history in Warsaw {{Poland-road-stub