Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw

Marszałkowska (lit. Marshal Street) is one of the main thoroughfares of Warsaw's city center. It links Bank Square in its north sector with Plac Unii Lubelskiej (Union of Lublin Square) in the south.

Marszałkowska Street
Length3.6 km (2.2 mi)
LocationWarsaw
South endUnion of Lublin Square
North endBank Square
Construction
Inauguration=1757
Evening view at the intersection with Jerusalem Avenue.

History

Contrary to a common urban legend that attributes the name to Marshal of Poland Józef Piłsudski, the street's name actually relates to 18th-century Grand Marshal of the Crown Franciszek Bieliński.[1][2]

Marszałkowska street was established by Franciszek Bieliński and opened in 1757.[2] It was much shorter then, running only from Królewska Street to Widok Street.[3]

The street was almost entirely destroyed during the Warsaw Uprising of 1944.[3] Rebuilding of Warsaw after World War II coincided with emergence of socialist realism, which greatly influenced the surrounding urban architecture.

Historical images
  • Marszałkowska Street in 1867
  • General view in about 1912
  • Warsaw during World War II: destroyed townhouses between Zielna (top) and Marszałkowska streets (bottom). In bottom right corner building Marszałkowska 156 on the corner with Królewskia street, also visible Bloch Palace at Marszałkowska 154. September 1939
  • Intersection of Marszałkowska Street and Aleje Jerozolimskie Street in Warsaw during German occupation. Visible tramway #3 with a billboard "Kamea woda kwiatowa". Behind it ruins of destroyed in 1939 townhouse at Marszałkowska 98/al. Jerozolimskie 33 streets.
  • Shortly after the war 1945

Features (before the war)
  • Insurance Company "Rosja" in 1901
  • Herse Tenment in 1904
  • Rothberg Tenment in 1914
  • Marszałkowska in 1914

References
  1. "Warsaw History". uk.holidaysguide.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  2. "Ul. Marszałkowska" (PDF). Ilustrowany Atlas Dawnej Warszawy (in Polish). Retrieved 2008-09-18.
  3. Dobrosław Kobielski (1984). Widoki dawnej Warszawy (Views of Old Warsaw) (in Polish). Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza. ISBN 83-03-00702-5.

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