Przy Bażantarni Street () is a street in the Ursynów district of

Warsaw 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 ...

, Poland.

History

The name of the street originates from a pheasantry (), an object that no longer exists, established during the reign of King

John III Sobieski John III Sobieski ( (); (); () 17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1674 until his death in 1696. Born into Polish nobility, Sobieski was educated at the Jagiellonian University and toured Eur ...

to enhance hunting activities, alongside a zoo. Between 1780 and 1782, August Czartoryski constructed a neoclassical palace on the site of the former pheasantry, designed by

Szymon Bogumił Zug Szymon Bogumił Zug (20 February 1733 – 11 August 1807), born Simon Gottlieb Zug, and also known as Zugk, was a renowned Polish- German classicist architect and designer of gardens. Born in Merseburg in Saxony, he spent most of his life in t ...

. The palace underwent numerous reconstructions, and in the 19th century, its name was changed from Bażantarnia to Natolin in honor of Natalia Potocka.

More important objects

* The Church of Blessed Ladislas of Gielniów (3 Przy Bażantarni Street), erected in 1988 * János Esterházy Monument (3 Przy Bażantarni Street) * A complex of sports facilities built as part of the Orlik 2012 program (a football field and a multi-functional volleyball and basketball field with a sanitary and changing room building; opened on December 12, 2008, the cost of the 1.5-month construction was PLN 2 million). On March 2, 2010, Polish and Hungarian delegations, headed by Prime Ministers

Donald Tusk Donald Franciszek Tusk (born 22 April 1957) is a Polish politician and historian who has served as the prime minister of Poland since 2023, previously holding the office from 2007 to 2014. Tusk served as the president of the European Council (20 ...

and

Gordon Bajnai György Gordon Bajnai (; born 5 March 1968) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and economist, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary from 2009 to 2010. Prior to that, he functioned as Government of Hungary, Minister of Local Government and Regiona ...

, played on this pitch; * Przy Bażantarni Park (between Przy Bażantarni and Jeżewskiego Streets), established in 2008–2011.

References

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