Warsaw Old Town
Also known as Historic Centre of Warsaw, Old and New Town of Warsaw, Old Town (Warsaw, Poland), Stare Miasto, Stare Miasto w Warszawie, vieille ville de Varsovie, Warsaw Old Town
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (vi).
Region
Europe and North America
Poland
Inscribed
1980
Area
26 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Warsaw Old Town is in Warsaw. The nearest other World Heritage site is Krzemionki Flint Mines, about 150 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Warsaw · about 1,707,000 peopleat the site
- Łódź · about 758,000 peopleabout 120 km south-west
- Kielce · about 216,000 peopleabout 150 km south
- Lublin · about 360,000 peopleabout 150 km south-east
- Olsztyn · about 187,000 peopleabout 180 km north
- Białystok · about 292,000 peopleabout 180 km north-east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
PolandCultural146 km away
PolandCultural183 km away
Belarus, PolandNatural206 km away
PolandCultural230 km away
PolandCultural239 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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