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Warsaw Old Town
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How it came to be
Warsaw's Old Town grew up in the 13th century around the castle of the Dukes of Mazovia and was enclosed by brick walls before 1339. The market square was laid out in the late 13th or early 14th century, and the castle later became the Royal Castle. The Constitution of 3 May 1791 was enacted here.
German bombing in 1939 badly damaged the district, and after the Warsaw Uprising of August to October 1944 the German army systematically blew up what was left. More than 85 percent of the historic centre lay in ruins.
After the war the Warsaw Reconstruction Office planned the rebuilding from 1945 to 1951, taking the late 18th-century town as its model and reusing as many original bricks as possible. The rebuilt Old Town was inaugurated on 22 July 1953, and the Royal Castle, the last major piece, opened in 1984. The Old Town was inscribed in 1980.
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