Confederation Square

The Confederation Square in 2017.
Location	Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates	52°16′47.2″N 20°56′47.7″E / 52.279778°N 20.946583°E / 52.279778; 20.946583
North	Lipińska Street Płatnicza Street
East	Schroegera Street
South	Daniłowskiego Street Płatnicza Street
West	Schroegera Street
Construction
Completion	1920s

The Confederation Square (Polish: Plac Konfederacji) is an urban square in Warsaw. It is located in the district of Bielany, at the crossing of Płatnicza Street, Lipińska Street, Schroegera Street, and Daniłowskiego Street. The square was build in the late 1920s.^[1]

Name

The park was named after confederations, which were special associations formed by nobility in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Most famous of those were the Bar Confederation formed in 1768, and the Targowica Confederation in 1792.^[2]

History

The square was constructed in the late 1920, beginning in 1926. It was build as a part of then developed suburban neighbourhood of Zdobycz Robotnicza in Warsaw, Poland. Around it were build 27 detached houses designed by Janusz Dzierżawski in the manour house style.^[1][3]

Between 1953 and 1954, next to the square were build several terraced houses, designed by Maria Piechotek and Kazimierz Piechotek.^[1]

In 1981 next to the square was build the Church of St. Sigismund, designed by Zbigniew Pawelski.^[3]

Characteristics

The monument at the Confederation Squre, dedicated to 77th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces, and the 77th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army.

The Confederation Square is a small rectangular ubran square, located at the crossing of Płatnicza Street, Lipińska Street, Schroegera Street, and Daniłowskiego Street. It has the area 0.70 ha.^[1]

In its centre is place a monument dedicated to the 77th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Armed Forces, and the 77th Infantry Regiment of the Home Army, both of which served during the Second World War. It has a form of a rock with an institution sculpted on it.^[1][3]

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