Holy Cross Park
The Holy Cross Park (Polish: Park Świętokrzyski) 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.[1]
Name
The Holy Cross Park (Polish: Park Świętokrzyski) is named after the Świętokrzyska Street (Holy Cross Street), which in turn was named after the Holy Cross Church.[1]
Originally, it was named the Stalin Square Park (Polish: Park na placu im. Stalina), and later the Palace of Culture and Science Park (Polish: Park przy Pałacu Kultury i Nauki), before being given its current name.[2][3]
History
The Holy Cross Park was designed by Tadeusz Nurkiewicz, as part of the surrounding of the Palace of Culture and Science, in place of deconstructed fragments of Pańska, Sienna, Zielna, and Wielka Streets. It was placed between Plater Street, Świętokrzyska Street, Marszałkowska Street, and the Palace of Culture and Science.[2][3]
The construction of the park begun in 1954.[4] As part of it, there were planted around 400 trees and 7000 bushes. Some saplings came from Szczecin and Kamieniec Ząbkowicki, while others were replanted from the area of Księcia Trojdena Street in Warsaw.[2] The park was opened on 22 July 1955.[3]
On 1 June 2006, in the park was unveiled the Janusz Korczak Monument by Zbigniew Wilma and Jan Bohdan Chmielewski. It was placed where from 1941 to 1942 was located the Janusz Korczak's orphanage.[5]
From 2007 to 2009, in the park functioned the Freedom of Speech Forum (Polish: Forum Wolności Słowa), an area where everyone was allowed to organize protests and share their believes, even without acquiring a permit to do so. It was established by politicians of the Law and Justice party, and inspired by similar in function Speakers' Corner in the Hyde Park in London, United Kingdom. It was not popular, having only a few protests organized there, and was dismantled in 2009.[6]
Characteristics
The park is located between Plater Street, Świętokrzyska Street, Marszałkowska Street, and the Palace of Culture and Science, and has the shape of a rectangle. It has flat terain, covered in around 400 trees, of 15 species, and around 7000 decorative bushes. It has the total area of 6 ha.[1][2]
In the park is placed the Janusz Korczak Monument by Zbigniew Wilma and Jan Bohdan Chmielewski.[5] There is also a sundial installation.[1]
The park borders the Parade Square to the southeast.[7]
Gallery
- The large fountain in the park's centre.
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- The sundial.
- One of the fountains in the park.
References
- ^ a b c d "Park Świętokrzyski". eko.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish).
- ^ a b c d Jarosław Zieliński: Realizm socjalistyczny w Warszawie. Warsaw: Fundacja Hereditas, 2009, pp. 414–415. ISBN 978-83-927791-3-1. (in Polish)
- ^ a b c Marian Gajewski: Urządzenia komunalne Warszawy. Zarys historyczny. Warsaw: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy, 1979, p. 351. ISBN 83-06-00089-7. (in Polish)
- ^ Krzysztof Jabłoński: Warszawa: portret miasta. Warsaw: Arkady, 1984. ISBN 83-213-2993-4. (in Polish)
- ^ a b "Pomnik Janusza Korczaka w Warszawie". wiadomosci.wp.pl (in Polish). 1 June 2006.
- ^ "Koniec z warszawskim Hyde Parkiem". tvn24.pl (in Polish). 23 March 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
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