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Krakowskie Przedmieście
Krakowskie Przedmieście, Warszawa
Historic royal avenue lined with palaces and churches, once stormed by a homemade armored car in wartime battle.
This guide to Krakowskie Przedmieście in Warsaw centers on the Hotel Bristol, built in 1901 by concert pianist Ignacy Paderewski, the most famous performer of his age. It follows him home to a newly independent Poland on New Year's Day 1919, checking into his own hotel's finest suite meaning only to rest, until Poland's military leader, Józef Piłsudski, arrived with an unusual request. That suite is preserved today as a national monument along the avenue.
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