The Przy Bażantarni Park is an

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, Poland, within the district of

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. It is located in the neighbourhood of

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, between Rosoła Street, Przy Bażantarni Street, Jeżewskiego Street, and Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue. It was opened in 2008.

History

Pomnik pielgrzymki rycerza Andrzeja Ciolka w Warszawie 2017

The area was designed as an

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in 1975 during planing of the surrounding it neighbourhood of

. It was decided to keep it undeveloped, as to preserve the view seen from the nearby Potocki Palace. In 2000, at the intersection of Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue and Jeżewskiego Street, within future park, was unveiled a

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dedicated to travel of Andrzej Ciołek of Żelechów to

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in 1404. It has a form of a

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rock with a commemorative plaque. Originally, it read that Andrzej Ciołek went on a

pilgrimage A pilgrimage is a travel, journey to a holy place, which can lead to a personal transformation, after which the pilgrim returns to their daily life. A pilgrim (from the Latin ''peregrinus'') is a traveler (literally one who has come from afar) w ...

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. However, while it remains a popular assumption, his travel remains too undocumented for his destination and motives to be known. As such, in 2024, the information on the plaque was changed to simply inform that he had traveled to Spain. It was founded by

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, to commemorate its assumption into the

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.Krzysztof Czubaszek: "Pomnik Andrzeja Ciołka na Kabatach – nieścisły i wątpliwy", in: ''Rocznik Nadwiślańskiego Urzecza'', 2021, vol. 4, p. 69-77. The park begun being developed in 2008, with the construction of sports fields complex, including amenities for

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basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

, and

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. In 2010 it was expanded with its middle section, which included children's playgrounds,

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, and tables for chess and boardgames. In the centre was also built a small

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in a form on an elevated bridge. The same year, alongside Przy Bażantarni Street was planted an alley of linden trees donated by nurseries in Czechia. The main promenade was developed between 2012 and 2013. In December 2012, in the park were placed three sculptures. One of them is a steel installation by

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consisting of red letters forming text , which translates to ''a sculpture in the park''. The remaining two, made by Tomasz Górnicki, depict large heads of painters

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and

Julian Fałat Julian Fałat ( Tuligłowy, near Lwów, 30 July 1853 – 9 July 1929, Bystra Śląska) was one of the most prolific Polish watercolorists, one of the country's foremost landscapists, and a leading impressionist. Life Fałat studied at the ...

, and commemorate their

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that took place in the park on 17 December 1900. In 2014, there was opened a

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, and in 2024, the northern portion of the park underwent renovations, during which were added a

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and a

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area. Since March 2015, in every staturday, there is hosted a

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Characteristics

The park is located between Rosoła Street, Przy Bażantarni Street, Jeżewskiego Street, and Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue. To the north it borders the Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów Church, and to the south, with a garden farm. It has the total area of 9.79 ha. Its northeastern part, with an area of 5.4 ha, consisting of a small

woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with woody plants (trees and shrubs), or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the '' plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunli ...

. It includes a

pedunculate oak ''Quercus robur'', the pedunculate oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native to most of Europe and western Asia, and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions. It grows on soi ...

, which since 1973 has the status of a

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. The park includes sports amenities for

, and

, as well as a

area,

, playground, and tables for chess and boardgames. In the centre is also located small

in a form on an elevated bridge. Alongside Przy Bażantarni Street is an alley with linden trees, which were donated by nurseries in Czechia. Every Saturday, in the park is hosted a

. In the park, at the intersection of Komisji Edukacji Narodowej Avenue and Jeżewskiego Street was unveiled a

dedicated to travel of Andrzej Ciołek of Żelechów to

in 1404. It has a form of a

rock with a commemorative plaque. There are also placed three sculptures. One of them is a steel installation by

consisting of red letters forming text , which translates to ''a sculpture in the park''. The remaining two, made by Tomasz Górnicki, depict large heads of painters

and

, and commemorate their

that took place in the park on 17 December 1900.

Gallery

File:Warszawa-Sculpture in Park (2).jpg, ''Sculpture in the Park'' by

. File:Warszawa-Open air sculptures in Przy Bażantarni Park.jpg, Sculptures of the heads of

and

by Tomasz Górnicki.

Notes

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Przy Bazantarni Park Parks in Warsaw 2008 establishments in Poland Buildings and structures completed in 2008 Parks established in the 2000s Ursynów