Fort Śliwického

Fort Śliwického is a fort in Praga-Północ, Warsaw, Mazowieckie. Fort Śliwického is situated nearby to the library Wypożyczalnia dla Dorosłych i Młodzieży Nr 102, as well as near Stajnia Pociecha.

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Type: Fort
Description: part of Warsaw Fortress, Poland
Also known as: “Fort Śliwickiego Cytadeli Warszawskiej ‘Jasińskiego’” and “Jasiński Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Warsaw Zoological Garden and Kozminski University.

Warsaw Zoological Garden

Zoo

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The Antonina and Jan Żabiński Municipal Zoological Garden, known simply as the Warsaw Zoo, is a scientific zoo located alongside the Vistula River in Warsaw, Poland. Warsaw Zoological Garden is situated 1 km southeast of Fort Śliwického.

Kozminski University

University

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Kozminski University is a private, nonprofit business school in Warsaw, Poland; according to the Financial Times, it is considered to be "Poland's highest rated private university". Kozminski University is situated 680 metres north of Fort Śliwického.

Polish Army Museum

Museum

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Museum of the Polish Army is a museum in Warsaw documenting the military history of Poland. Established in 1920 under the Second Polish Republic, it formerly occupied a wing of the building of the Polish National Museum and now occupies a building of its own at the Warsaw Citadel, as well as several branches in Poland. Polish Army Museum is situated 1¼ km west of Fort Śliwického.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Town, Warsaw and Old and New Town.

New Town, Warsaw

Quarter

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New Town, Polish: Nowe Miasto, 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.

Old and New Town

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The Old Town and New Town are the two oldest parts of Warsaw. Administratively, they are neighbourhoods in the district of Śródmieście. The Old Town is comparatively small to the old towns of many other European cities, as during the time of its development Warsaw was a small town of mostly local importance and not yet the capital of Poland.