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The Warsaw subdialect (Polish: gwara warszawska [ˈɡvara varˈʂafska]), or Warsaw dialect (Polish: dialekt warszawski), is a regional subdialect of the Masovian dialect of the Polish language, centered on the city of Warsaw. It evolved as late as the 18th century, under notable influence of several languages spoken in the city.
Chopin's birthplace in Żelazowa Wola. The Birthplace of Frédéric Chopin is a "dworek" (lit. little manor-house – here referring to the eastern outbuilding of a non-extant mansion) surrounded by a large (over 17 acres) natural park at the banks of Utrata River in Żelazowa Wola near Sochaczew in Poland – presently a biographical museum of the composer, department of the Fryderyk Chopin ...
The Pole Mokotowskie was also, until 1934, the site of Warsaw Airport and, in the years 1884-1939, of the Warsaw Horse Racing Track. [2] On May 17, 1935, the funeral of Józef Piłsudski took place on the Pole Mokotowskie. The current park was designed by Stanisław Bolek and created in the 1970s and 1980s. [1]
Polish is the native language of most Poles. It is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group and the sole official language in the Republic of Poland. Its written form uses the Polish alphabet , which is the basic Latin alphabet with the addition of six diacritic marks , totalling 32 letters.
WARSAW (Reuters) - Construction work on a flagship new square in Warsaw has captured a glimpse of the Polish capital's past when builders uncovered the remains of long-lost streets buried underground.
Some 40,000–50,000 Poles were murdered in the Wola massacre alone, one of the largest massacres of Poles. Shortly after the uprising, Adolf Hitler ordered German troops to destroy the city . In 1944–1945, the region was occupied by the Soviet Red Army , and gradually restored to Poland, although with a Soviet-installed communist regime ...
Beatification of Pope John Paul II, the first Polish Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. The following is a list of Roman Catholic saints, blesseds, venerables, servants of God and candidates for sainthood who are considered to be "Polish", although not all of these saints are native-born Poles.
Mokotów (Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈkɔtuf] ⓘ) is a city quarter of Warsaw, the capital of Poland.It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised (Służewiec Przemysłowy), while the majority is full of parks and green areas (Mokotów Field