Tarczyn [ˈtart͡ʂɨn] is a town in Poland, located in Masovian Voivodeship, about 30 kilometres (19 miles) south of Warsaw. There were 3,869 inhabitants living there in 2004.
Population: 3,904
Latitude: 51° 58' 55.09" N
Longitude: 20° 50' 2.18" E
Grodzisk Mazowiecki [ˈɡrɔd͡ʑisk mazɔˈvʲɛt͡skʲi] is a town in central Poland with 29,363 inhabitants (2011). It is 30 km. southwest of Warsaw. Between 1975 and 1998 it was situated in the Warszawa Voivodeship but since 1999 it has been situated in th…
Błonie [ˈbwɔɲe] is a town in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 12,191 inhabitants (2004).
On 4 December 2003, a Polish Mi-8 helicopter operated by the 36th Special Aviation Regiment carrying Poland's Prime Minister Leszek Miller crashed near Piaseczno, just outside of Warsaw.
Niepokalanów monastery (so called City of the Immaculate Mother of God) is a Roman Catholic religious community in Teresin (42 km to the west from Warsaw), Poland founded in 1927 by Friar Minor Conventual Friar Maximilian Kolbe, who was later canoni…
Natolin is a historic park and nature reserve (1.2 km²) on the southern edge of Warsaw, Poland. "Natolin" is also the name of a neighborhood located to the west of the park — a part of Warsaw's southernmost Ursynów district.
The Temple of Divine Providence (Polish: Świątynia Opatrzności Bożej), as of 2014 under construction in southern Warsaw's Wilanów district, will be one of the most important Roman Catholic buildings in Poland.
Grójec [ˈɡrujɛt͡s] is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Warsaw. It is the capital of Grójec County. It has about 14,875 inhabitants (2004). Grójec surroundings are considered to be the big…
The Maria reactor is Poland's second research nuclear reactor and the only one still in use. It is located at Świerk-Otwock, near Warsaw and named in honor of Maria Skłodowska-Curie.
Królikarnia (English: The Rabbit House) is a historic palace in Warsaw, Poland in the classical style, as well as a neighborhood in the Mokotów district of Warsaw.
Vistula University (VU) (Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula) was founded in 1996 and is one of the first private universities of Poland. Vistula University (Vu) is supervised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of The Republic of Poland…
Raszyn [ˈraʂɨn] is a village in Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina (administrative district) called Gmina Raszyn. It lies approximately 9 kilometres (6 mi) east of Pruszków and 9 km (6 mi) sout…
Pilica is a river in central Poland, the longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 319 kilometres (8th longest) and the basin area of 9,273 km2 (all in Poland).
Karczew [ˈkart͡ʂɛf] is a town in Otwock County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 10,271 inhabitants (2010).
Okęcie is the largest neighbourhood of the Włochy district of Warsaw, Poland.
Mszczonów [ˈmʂt͡ʂɔnuf] (Yiddish: אמשינאוו Amshinov) is a town in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,310 inhabitants (2004).
Milanówek [mʲilaˈnuvɛk] is a town and a seat of a separate commune in Poland. Located in the Grodzisk Mazowiecki County near Warsaw, it is often considered an outlying suburb of the capital of Poland but is in fact an independent entity administrati…
Biała Rawska [ˈbʲawa ˈrafska] is a town in Rawa County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,233 inhabitants (2004).
Wólka Kosowska [ˈvulka kɔˈsɔfska] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Lesznowola, within Piaseczno County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) south-west of Lesznowola, 12 km (7 mi…