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Saviour Square

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Saviour Square
File:Plac Zbawiciela Warsaw 2022 aerial.jpg
Saviour Square in 2022
LocationDowntown, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates52°13′11″N 21°01′04″E / 52.21972°N 21.01778°E / 52.21972; 21.01778
North
EastEmancipation Avenue
South
WestNowowiejska Street
Construction
Completionc. 1768
Other
DesignerJohann Christian Schuch

Saviour Square (Polish: Plac Zbawiciela) is an urban square and roundabout in Downtown Warsaw, Poland. It is formed by the intersection of Marszałkowska Street, Mokotowska Street, Nowowiejska Street, and Emancipation Avenue. The square was originally constructed about 1768. It is surrounded by postwar tenements of the Marshal Residential District, several prewar tenements, and the early-20th-century Church of the Holiest Saviour.

History

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Church of the Holiest Saviour, built 1901–1927

The square was developed around 1768, as part of the Stanisław Axis, an urban layout made of five circular squares and roads, connecting Warsaw with Ujazdów Castle, developed from the initiative of king Stanisław August Poniatowski.[1] It was designed by Johann Christian Schuch.[2] Due to its shape, it was known as the Rotunda.[1] In 1784, from the initiative of king Stanisław August Poniatowski, alongside Nowowiejska Street, the settlement of Nowa Wieś (lit. from Polish: New Village) was built, where the inhabitants of the village of Ujazdów, who were displaced due to construction of Ujazdów Castle there, were settled. It consisted of twelve houses, placed symmetrically on both sides of the street, located between Saviour Square and Polytechnic Square.[3] In 1822, next to the square, between Marszałkowska and Mokotowska Streets, the Piskorowski Farm, a 5-hectare farm, with an orchard and a greenhouse vineyard, was founded.[1][4] In 1829, on a part of the farmland, the Red Tavern (Polish: Czerowna Karczma), owned by the Garnier family, and made from red brick, was constructed.[4][5]

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Saviour Square in 1920

After 1880, tenements were constructed around the square.[5] Around 1881, the square was connected with the horsecar line, which was replaced in 1908 with an electric tram line.[6] Until 1968, the tramtracks ran alongside the roundabout, circulating the square, but since then, they go through its middle.[5][7] Between 1901 and 1927, in place of the tavern, the Catholic Church of the Holiest Saviour was constructed.[4] In 1922, the square was named Saviour Square after it.[8] During the Second World War, while the city was under the German occupation, the Ringstand small bunker made from reinforced concrete was placed at the square. It was one of 60 bunkers of its type, installed across the city, as part of the fortification project known as Festung Warschau. The bunker was part of the fortification lines stretching between Narutowicz Square and the Vistula river. It was discovered in 2011 during the renovation works.[9][10] It was originally planned to remove and relocate it to the Polish Army Museum, however, it was ultimately decided to leave it in its current location.[11] In 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the square and its surrounding area was a site of battle, which among others, included the Ruczaj Battalion of the Home Army.[12] It was controlled by the German forces, from the bunker in the nearby building of the former Ministry of War.[13] After the fall of the uprising, the buildings around the square were destroyed by the German forces. This included the Church of the Holiest Saviour, in which a bomb was detonated. It was fully reconstructed in 1955.[14]

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Saviour Square, 1960s

Between 1950 and 1952, around the southern portion of the square, socialist realistic multifamily buildings, with a colonnade and stores behind the arcade, were constructed.[15] The three best-preserved tenements were also reconstructed.[16] The area became part of a then-developed housing estate of the Marshal Residential District.[15]

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Rainbow art installation, erected 2012, removed 2015

In recent years, the square has become a meeting place for students, artists, and hipsters.[17]

Characteristics

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17 Mokotowska Street, at Saviour Square

Saviour Square forms a roundabout at the intersection of Marszałkowska Street, Mokotowska Street, Nowowiejska Street, and Emancipation Avenue.[1][5] The square is enclosed by tenements of the Marshal Residential District, with a colonnade and shops within the arcade;[15] by three historical tenements: the Pawłowicz Tenement (ca. 1894), Domański Tenement (1895), and Jasieńczyk-Jabłoński Tenement (1910);[16] and by the early-20th-century Catholic Church of the Holiest Saviour.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eugeniusz Szwankowski: Ulice i place Warszawy. Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1970, p. 264. (in Polish)
  2. ↑ "Jan Chrystian Szuch – ogrodnik króla Stanisława". polskieradio.pl (in polski). 28 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Jarosław Zieliński: Atlas dawnej architektury ulic i placów Warszawy. vol. 14. Warsaw: Biblioteka Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami, 2008, p. 11. ISBN 978-83-88372-37-7. (In Polish).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Jerzy Kasprzycki: Korzenie miasta. Tom I. Śródmieście Południowe. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Veda, 2004, p. 309. ISBN 83-85584-45-5. (in Polish)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Encyklopedia Warszawy. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1994, p. 1011. ISBN 83-01-08836-2. (in Polish)
  6. ↑ Warszawskie tramwaje elektryczne 1908−1998, vol. 1. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, 1998, p. 6. ISBN 83-907574-00. (in Polish)
  7. ↑ Warszawskie tramwaje elektryczne 1908−1998, vol. 1. Warsaw: Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i Łączności, 1998, p. 134. ISBN 83-907574-00. (in Polish)
  8. ↑ Kwiryna Handke: Słownik nazewnictwa Warszawy. Warsaw: Slawistyczny Ośrodek Wydawniczy, 1998, p. 242. ISBN 83-86619-97X. (in Polish)
  9. ↑ "Poniemiecki bunkier wstrzymał remont torowiska. Zdjęcia". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in polski). 13 April 2011.
  10. ↑ Jacek Olecki: Wojenne tajemnice Warszawy i Mazowsza. Cz. I. Warsaw: Agencja Wydawnicza CB, 2006, p. 9–10. ISBN 83-7339-036-7. (in Polish)
  11. ↑ "Informacja na temat schronu bojowego na Placu Zbawiciela". old.tw.waw.pl (in polski). Archived from the original on 2016-08-05.
  12. ↑ Piotr Rozwadowski (editor): Wielka Ilustrowana Encyklopedia Powstania Warszawskiego, vol. 1. Warsaw Dom Wydawniczy Bellona, Fundacja Warszawa Walczy 1939–1945, 2005, p. 519–521. ISBN 83-11-10124-8. (in Polish)
  13. ↑ Izabella Maliszewska, Stanisław Maliszewski: Śródmieście Południowe. Warszawskie Termopile 1944. Warsaw: Fundacja Wystawa Warszawa walczy 1939–1945, 2001, p. 118. ISBN 83-87545-42-2. (in Polish)
  14. ↑ "Kościół Najświętszego Zbawiciela w Warszawie – powrót do dawnej kolorystyki wnętrza". varsavianista.pl (in polski).
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Jarosław Zieliński: Realizm socjalistyczny w Warszawie. Warsaw: Fundacja Hereditas, 2009, p. 78. ISBN 978-83-927791-3-1. (in Polish)
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Jarosław Zieliński: Atlas dawnej architektury ulic i placów Warszawy, vol. 11. Warsaw, Biblioteka Towarzystwa Opieki nad Zabytkami, 2004, ISBN 83-88372-30-0, pp. 78, 205, 313–314, 375 (in Polish).
  17. ↑ Arkadiusz Gruszczyński (12 July 2019). "Gdzie się chodzi tego lata w Warszawie? Najlepsze wakacyjne miejsca w stolicy". warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in polski).
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