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Mokotów Field ( Polish : Pole Mokotowskie ) is a large park in Warsaw , Poland. A part of the parkland is called the Marshal Józef Piłsudski Park .

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8-916: Located between Warsaw's Mokotów district and the city center, the park is one of the largest in Warsaw. Contrary to its name, only a small part of the modern Mokotów Field is located in the Mokotów district. Most of the field (48.61 ha, almost 71%) is located in Ochota and Śródmieście . Landmarks within the park include the Polish National Library and the Monument in Memory of the Fallen Polish Pilots in World War II . The park

16-621: Is also famous for its bars. To the south is a Warsaw Metro station, the Pole Mokotowskie station. From 1818 until World War II , on what was originally a 200 ha area, a major part was occupied by an airfield and the Warsaw Polytechnic aircraft works. The Mokotów Field was also, until 1934, the site of Warsaw Airport and, in the years 1884-1939, of the Warsaw Horse Racing Track. On May 17, 1935,

24-409: The capital of Poland . It is densely populated, and hosts many companies and foreign embassies. Only a small part of the district is lightly industrialised ( Służewiec Przemysłowy ), while the majority is full of parks and green areas ( Mokotów Field ). Although the area has been populated at least since the early Middle Ages , Mokotów was not incorporated into Warsaw until 1916. The origins of

32-569: The area was urbanised and redeveloped throughout the 1930s in the style of modernism . The majority of buildings survived World War II , making it one of the few well-preserved pre-war areas of Warsaw . Mokotów Prison is located within the borough. Residential real estate in Mokotów, particularly in the neighbourhoods of Stary Mokotów and Wyględów, ranks among the most expensive in Warsaw. The following lower-level administrative units ( osiedle ) are established within Mokotow (they do not cover

40-461: The area's name are unclear, first appearing as the village of Mokotowo in documents from the year 1367. It is hypothesised to have come from the name of a German owner of the village, who called himself Mokoto or Mokot, although no exact reference to such an individual has been found in historical records. In the 18th century, Moktów developed as a place where mansions, villas and palaces of the magnates and wealthy bourgeoisie were built. However, most of

48-473: The funeral of Józef Piłsudski took place on the Mokotów Field. The current park was designed by Stanisław Bolek and created in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2010, a two-kilometer educational trail was opened named after Ryszard Kapuściński . In 2018, near the intersection of al. Niepodległości and ul. Wawelska Street, 45 apple trees were planted to commemorate prominent Polish women. Greater modernisation

56-419: The individuals found. The next species, Aphidecta obliterata , accounted for 9.3%. Due to the periodic lack of water in the ponds, there are no stable fish populations in the Mokotów Field, although some freshwater fish can be observed, such as individuals of the genus Xiphophorus . Mokot%C3%B3w Mokotów ( Polish pronunciation: [mɔˈkɔtuf] ) is a city quarter of Warsaw ,

64-465: Was initiated in 2021-2024. Concreted surfaces were reduced, a new water system with reed vegetation was created, and wooden platforms and bridges and wooden seats were added. New trees and flowerbeds were also planted. Twenty-one families of beetles are found in the park. Most of them are species from the ladybug family, of which the Asian ladybug is the most numerous, accounting for almost two-thirds of

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