Marszałkowska Street, Warsaw

Marszałkowska Street

Length	3.6 km (2.2 mi)
Location	Warsaw
South end	Union of Lublin Square
North end	Bank Square
Construction
Inauguration	=1757

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.

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.

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

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

Gallery

Historical images

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  Marszałkowska Street in 1867
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  General view in about 1912
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  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
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  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.
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  Shortly after the war 1945

Features (before the war)

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  Insurance Company "Rosja" in 1901
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  Herse Tenment in 1904
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  Rothberg Tenment in 1914
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  Marszałkowska in 1914

External links

Media related to Marszałkowska Street in Warsaw at Wikimedia Commons

• Marszałkowska in 19th century