Mokotów Field

Pole Mokotowskie
'Pole Mokotowskie in autumn'
Type	Municipal
Location	Warsaw
Coordinates	52°12′39″N 21°00′00″E / 52.21083°N 21°E / 52.21083; 21Coordinates: 52°12′39″N 21°00′00″E / 52.21083°N 21°E / 52.21083; 21
Area	65 hectares (160 acres)[1]
Status	Open all year

View of the park

Pole Mokotowskie (Polish for "Mokotów Field"; often used in the plural form, Pola Mokotowskie, "Mokotów Fields") is a large park in Warsaw. Part of it is called "Józef Piłsudski Park."

Located between Warsaw's Mokotów district and the city center, the park is one of the largest in Warsaw.^[2] Until World War II, a major part was occupied by an airfield and the Warsaw Polytechnic aircraft works.^[3]

Pole Mokotowskie was also, until 1934, the site of Warsaw Airport and, until 1939, of the Warsaw Horse Racing Track.^[3]

Located within the park is the Polish National Library. The park is also famous for its bars. Just to the south is a Warsaw Metro station, the Pole Mokotowskie station.

Notes

1. ^ (Polish) "Pole Mokotowskie". Zielona Warszawa on-line. http://um.warszawa.pl/v_syrenka/zielona/?dz_id=1&mi_id=52. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 
2. ^ (Polish) "Tramwaj przetnie Pole Mokotowskie". polamokotowskie.pl. August 29, 2006. http://www.polamokotowskie.pl/?cat=pelnynews&newsid=5. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 
3. ^ ^{a b} (Polish) Jacek Tomczak - Janowski (November 11, 2002). "Historia Pól Mokotowskich". polamokotowskie.pl. http://www.polamokotowskie.pl/?cat=historia. Retrieved 2008-02-18. 

See also

• Mokotów
• Ochota
• Ujazdów Park

External links

• (Polish) Pole Mokotowskie web site