Warsaw Insurgents Square (), still popularly known by its former name Napoleon Square (), is a square in the central Warsaw district of Śródmieście. Located at the junction of ''

ulica Świętokrzyska Ulica may refer to the following places in Poland: * Ulica Sezamkowa, Polish version of the children's television series Sesame Street. * Zielona Ulica, village in Poland. *:pl:Ulica, Places called Ulica ''(listed in Polish Wikipedia)'' * Ulica mean ...

'' (Holy Cross Street) and '' ulica Szpitalna'' (Hospital Street) and near ''

Nowy Świat ''Nowy Świat'' (), known in English as New World Street, is one of the main historic thoroughfares of Warsaw, Poland. It comprises part of the Royal Route (''Trakt królewski'') that extends from Warsaw's Royal Castle and Old Town, south to K ...

'' (New World Street), it is one of Warsaw's central squares. :pl:Plac Powstańców Warszawy w Warszawie Historically, the area was called ''Plac Warecki'' during the times of the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

and then Plac Napoleona under the

Second Polish Republic The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939. The state was established in the final stage of World War I ...

. Most of the Square's buildings were destroyed in the 1944

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising (; ), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (), or the Battle of Warsaw, was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance movement in World War II, Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from ...

, and the Square is now notable for only two landmarks: the seat of the

Polish National Bank The Narodowy Bank Polski (; the National Bank of Poland), often abbreviated to NBP, is the central bank of Poland, founded in 1945. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the Polish złoty. The bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has bra ...

(which Varsovians irreverently call "''trumna''" — "the coffin"), and the former

Prudential building Prudential Building may refer to: * Eight Forty One - 22-floor office building in Jacksonville, Florida. * Houston Main Building - a skyscraper in Houston, Texas * Museum Square, a.k.a. the SAG-AFTRA Building, former Prudential Building in Miracle ...

, which was the second skyscraper to be built in Warsaw and the tallest until the 1950s.

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Squares in Warsaw Śródmieście Północne {{Warsaw-geo-stub