Praga
Sign in to savePraga () is a district of Warsaw, Poland. It is on the east bank of the river Vistula. First mentioned in 1432, until 1791 it formed a separate town with its own city charter.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Praga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Ulica Ząbkowska przy Targowej 2020.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ulica Ząbkowska, one of Praga's main streets
- Settlement.image_map
- Praga in Warsaw.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of Praga-Północ and Praga-Południe within Warsaw
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Voivodeship
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Masovian
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- County/City
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Warsaw
- Settlement.established_title
- Within city limits
- Settlement.established_date
- 1791
- Settlement.timezone
- CET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +1
- Settlement.timezone_DST
- CEST
- Settlement.utc_offset_DST
- +2
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 243949
- Area
- 33.8
- Image
- Warsaw 07-13 img20 View from StAnne Church tower.jpg
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- Praga (Warsaw)
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Praga () is a district of Warsaw, Poland. It is on the east bank of the river Vistula. First mentioned in 1432, until 1791 it formed a separate town with its own city charter.
== History == thumb|left|Massacre of Praga (1794) The historical Praga was a small settlement located at the eastern bank of the Vistula river, directly opposite the towns of Old Warsaw and Mariensztat, both being parts of Warsaw now. First mentioned in 1432, it derived its name from the Polish verb prażyć, meaning to burn or to roast, as it occupied a forested area that was burnt out to make place for the village. Separated from Warsaw by a wide river, it developed independently of the nearby city, and on 10 February 1648 king Władysław IV of Poland granted Praga with a city charter. However, as it was mostly a suburb and most buildings were wooden, the town was repeatedly destroyed by fires, floods and foreign armies. Currently the only surviving historical monument from that epoch is the Church of Our Lady of Loreto.
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