Krasiński Square (Warsaw)

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Plac Krasińskich
coat of arms
Street in Warsaw
Plac Krasińskich
Krasiński Square; View from the south, with the Krasiński Palace on the left and the Supreme Court building on the right.
Basic data
place Warsaw
District Śródmieście
Created 1765
Connecting roads Ulica Długa
Ulica Miodowa
Ulica Świętojerska
Ulica Bonifraterska
use
User groups Pedestrian traffic , bicycle traffic , individual traffic , public transport
Technical specifications
Street length 230 meters
Krasiński Square, at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century with the Krasiński Palace in the center of the picture and the now defunct Badeni Palace on the far left.
Krasiński Square with Katedra polowa Wojska Polskiego (»Field Cathedral of the Polish Army«)

The Krasinski Square ( Polish Plac Krasińskich ) is a place in the Warsaw Town in the district Śródmieście (city center). It connects the four streets of Ulica Długa, Ulica Miodowa, Ulica Świętojerska and Ulica Bonifraterska.

On the square are the eponymous Krasiński Palace in the west, the Supreme Court building (Gmach Sądu Najwyższego) in the north (the building overlooks the street there) and east as well as the field cathedral of the Polish Army (Katedra polowa Wojska Polskiego) in the Southeast. In addition, the Warsaw Uprising Monument , erected in 1989, is located on the square.

Significant adjacent buildings, monuments and parks