Rakowiec is a neighbourhood in

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 ...

, the capital of Poland. Part of the borough of Ochota, it is located in the west-central part of the city.

History

It originally was a separate village, established in the Middle Ages. Nationalised by the Russian authorities in the late 19th century, the village was occupied by one of the forts of the

Warsaw Fortress Warsaw Fortress (, ) was a system of fortifications built in Warsaw, Poland during the 19th century when the city was part of the Russian Empire. The fortress belonged to a Western Russian fortresses, chain of fortresses built in Congress Poland an ...

. After Poland regained her independence, in 1930 the area was incorporated into Warsaw, and residential areas were soon built there.https://www.wsmrakowiec.pl/historia-rakowca

References

Neighbourhoods of Ochota {{warsaw-stub