Built in 1817, it housed two bells, including one from 1772, both of which survived the fire.
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Opposition supporters join march celebrating 1,000th anniversary of kingdom of Poland
Poland’s main ruling party is encouraging its supporters to attend a separate anniversary event later this month.
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Warsaw ranked third best city in Europe for investment potential by Financial Times
Meanwhile, Kraków and Wrocław also placed in the top three for cities of their size.
Warsaw modern art gallery tops Lonely Planet list of world’s best new and reopening museums
It came ahead of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven and the Frick Collection in New York.
Polish farmers hold anti-EU protest in Warsaw
Organisers say they were opposed to “five dictates from Brussels”.
Warsaw orders officials with degrees from university hit by corruption scandal to retake exams
Collegium Humanum has been accused of corruptly issuing diplomas in return for payment.
Russians protest against Putin and Ukraine war in Poland
They demanded Russia’s withdrawal from Ukraine, the release of political prisoners in Russia, and for Vladimir Putin to be put on trial.
Prosecutors discontinue investigation into Warsaw tenants’ rights activist who burned to death
Jolanta Brzeska fought for the rights of evicted tenants in Warsaw.
Warsaw refuses permission for annual nationalist Independence March
But the interior minister believes the event will eventually still go ahead.
“A sanctified symbol of Polishness”: new exhibition explores the work of Józef Chełmoński
Aleksandra Janiszewska-Cardone
His realist depictions of rural life and nature were initially disparaged by contemporary critics.
Reconstruction plans for Warsaw palace destroyed in WWII win International Architecture Award
The Saxon Palace was, like most of Warsaw, destroyed by the German occupiers during World War Two.
Water level falls to record low of 25 cm in Warsaw’s Vistula River
The level is forecast to drop further in coming days amid continued warm, dry weather.
Polish city has EU’s second-most-polluted air with two more among worst 10
However, Poland’s results are better than three years ago, with Polish cities showing a reduction in air pollution.
Warsaw’s Marriott hotel – a symbol of the post-communist transition – closing after 35 years
The hotel has hosted every US president from Bill Clinton onwards during their visits to Poland
