Description of the attraction
Bank Square is one of the main squares in Warsaw. Located in the city center next to the Saxon Garden.
Bank Square was created in 1825 during the Kingdom of Poland in order to become one of the most fashionable areas of the capital. Famous state institutions are located here, such as: the Ministry of State Revenue, the Bank of Poland, the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The square was originally triangular in shape.
In 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the buildings on the square were destroyed and the square ceased to exist. After the war, it was decided to reconstruct only the historic western part of the square, rebuilding it in the shape of a rectangle.
During the existence of the Polish People's Republic, Bank Square was renamed into Dzerzhinsky Square. In 1951, a monument to Dzerzhinsky was erected in the southern part of the square. The monument was demolished after the fall of communism in Poland.
Today, the famous blue skyscraper is located on Bank Square, built on the site of a former synagogue that was destroyed by the Germans during the Second World War. Also on the square is the city hall building. And on the site of the monument to Dzerzhinsky, a monument to Juliusz Slowacki was erected in 2001.
