Wars [2] (also known as War [3] and Warsz) [4] and Sawa are legendary characters from the origin myth of the founding and etymology of the city of Warsaw, capital of Poland. [3] [5] There are several versions of the legend with their appearance. [3] [4]
According to one version of the legend, the duke or king called Kazimierz (Casimir), [3] sometimes also identified as duke Siemowit I of Masovia, [6] got lost in the forest, where Warsaw Old Town is currently located, while hunting. He came across a small adobe hut, inhabited by a woman who had recently given birth to twins. The woman hosted him very generously. He named her two children Wars and Sawa and gave the woman money to build a bigger house. [3] Later, other people moved near the house, forming a settlement, which was named after the twins, Warsawa, which later evolved to Warszawa, the name of the city of Warsaw in the Polish language. [2] [3] According to a different version of the legend, Wars and Sawa were a married couple who lived in that house, and who hosted the duke. [4]
According to another version of the legend, Sawa was a mermaid living in the Vistula river with whom a fisherman named Wars fell in love. [7]
In yet another version of the legend, Wars and Sawa were brothers, who were fishermen living near modern Warsaw Old Town. [4]
Wierzbno is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Mokotów. It is a residential area, with most of its eastern area consisting of villas and tenements, and its western area, and a portion of its eastern area, consisting of multifamily residential large panel system-buildings.
St John's Archcathedral is a Catholic church within the Old Town precinct in Warsaw, Poland. The Brick Gothic structure stands on Świętojańska Street, adjacent to the Jesuit Church. St John's is one of three major cathedrals in the city, but it is the only temple that also possesses the title of an archcathedral. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Warsaw and one of Poland's national pantheons. Along with the old city, the church has been listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
Centralne Warsztaty Samochodowe was a Polish pre-war car and motorcycle manufacturer. Created by the Polish Ministry of War Affairs in 1918, the privately run company was initially entitled to service of all the mechanical equipment of the Polish Army, including tanks, armoured cars, motorcycles and lorries.
Stanisław Żaryn was an architect, urbanist, historian and academic teacher who significantly contributed to the process of the reconstruction of historical Polish architecture after its destruction by the Germans during WWII. He was born in Warsaw to Eugenia and Franciszek Zaryn.
Ksawerów is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Mokotów. The neighbourhood mostly consists of a residential area, consisting of multifamily residential apartment buildings, and single-family detached homes.
Tajne Wojskowe Zakłady Wydawnicze was the secret printing and publishing house of the Polish Underground State in Warsaw, Nazi-occupied Poland. It was run, from its creation in late 1940 to disbandment in early 1945, by Jerzy Rutkowski of Bureau of Information and Propaganda of the Polish resistance.
New Town, historically known as New Warsaw, is a neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, in the city of Warsaw, Poland, located within the district of Śródmieście.
Anna Ziaja is a Polish contemporary painter and print maker.
The Prince Józef Poniatowski Monument in Warsaw is a monument currently located at 46/48 Krakowskie Przedmieście in the courtyard of the Presidential Palace. Created by Rome-based Danish-Icelandic sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen in 1829, it depicts Józef Poniatowski (1763–1813) riding and horse and dressed as Roman general.
"W" Hour, also spelled as W-Hour(Polish: Godzina „W”'), was the codename for the date and time that began Operation Tempest in German-occupied Warsaw, and hence the Warsaw Uprising. The exact time was 5:00 PM on 1 August 1944.
The Aviator Monument is a monument in Warsaw designed by Edward Wittig in honor of Franciszek Żwirko and Stanisław Wigura, two aviation heroes of Poland. It is a reconstruction of the original monument that was unveiled in 1932 in Union of Lublin Square and destroyed in 1944. The current monument was constructed in 1967.
The Holy Cross Park is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Downtown, between Plater Street, Świętokrzyska Street, Marszałkowska Street, and the Palace of Culture and Science. The park was opened in 1955.
Frascati is a historic neighbourhood and inner-suburb in central Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The area extends eastward from the Three Crosses Square and covers the broad parkland and housing estates surrounding Frascati and Nullo streets, located between the Polish parliament building, the Warsaw Stock Exchange and the National Museum. The neighbourhood was named after the Italian city of Frascati.
The Arcadia Park is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. It is located in the district of Mokotów between Puławska Street, Żywnego Street, Piaseczyńska Street, Idzikowskiego Street, and around the gardens of Królikarnia Palace. It was opened in 1970.
Skarpa Puławska, also known as Skarpa, and Bielawska-Żywnego, is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Warsaw, Poland, in the district of Mokotów, within the City Information System area of Wierzbno. It is located between Puławska Street, Bielawska Street, Żywnego Street, the peaks of Warsaw Escarpment, and around the Warszawianka sports complex. The neighborhood consists of eight 13-storey multifamily residential large panel system-buildings.
The building of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister is a building located at Ujazdów Avenue 1/3 in Warsaw, the seat of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland. It was originally built in 1900 for the purpose of the Cadet Corps in the Russian partition. At the outbreak of World War I, in 1914, it was turned into a hospital and remodeled in the neo-Renaissance style by Stefan Szyller. In independent Poland, after another thorough makeover of the building in 1926, it became the seat of the Polish Infantry Cadets School. After the end of World War II, the building housed the seat of the State Council of Polish People's Republic and the Office of the Council of Ministers, which moved there from the current Presidential Palace in 1953.
Wilhelm Mier was a military officer, politician, and nobleman. He was the Governor of Kraków and Sandomierz from 1715 to 1724, and the member of the Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, as the Castellan of Słońsk, from 1746 to 1758. He was also a major general in the Crown Army of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the commanding officer of the Crown Horse Guard Regiment.
The Mier Park, also known as the Downtown Park, is an urban park in Warsaw, Poland. The park is located in the district of Downtown, between Jana Pawła II Avenue, Marszałkowska Street, Mier Halls, and the Za Żelazną Bramą neighbourhood.
Wyczółki is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is a mixed area, consisting of residencial zones, as well as business office complexes and storage warehouses.
Stary Służew is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, located in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów.