Praga Park
Park in the autumn.
Type	Municipal
Location	Warsaw
Area	18.5 ha[1]
Created	1871[1]
Status	Open all year
Public transit access	Dworzec Wilenski

Soldiers of the Polish First Army Park otherwise known as Praga Park (Polish: park Praski) is a park in Warsaw, Poland. The park is located in the city's Praga district, on the east bank of the Wisła River.

Park was established in 1865-71 and designed by Jan Dobrowolski.^[1] In 1927 a zoological garden (Ogród Zoologiczny) was established on the park grounds,^[2] and in 1952 a bear run, still open today.

Also found in the park are a statue of the writer Eliza Orzeszkowa which was erected in 1938, the work of sculptor Henryk Kuna, and a giraffe sculpture dating from 1981.^[3]

References

See also

Media related to Park Praski at Wikimedia Commons

• Polish First Army

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