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437:martial law
426: [
388: [
291:Royal Route
130: /
106:Coordinates
55:Native name
1547:Categories
1273:Saxon Axis
1261:Historical
1104:City walls
1028:Grochowska
961:Nowy Świat
949:Topography
901:Warsaw Zoo
591:25 January
385:Route W-Z
224:1994-09-08
221:Designated
182:Designated
147:Royal Road
115:52°14′51″N
37:(center),
1458:Palm tree
1395:Monuments
1331:Intraco I
1033:Ząbkowska
941:Landmarks
354:destroyed
342:Lithuania
118:21°0′49″E
1534:Category
1351:Złota 44
1326:Spektrum
1168:Belweder
1109:Barbican
750:May Coup
673:articles
621:Archived
475:See also
375:and the
174:Criteria
169:Cultural
101:, Poland
95:Location
43:Old Town
1346:Rondo 1
1321:Rotunda
1242:Zachęta
1198:Diocese
1042:Bridges
435:During
411:Russian
346:Germans
338:Mazovia
319:secular
297:History
229:Part of
190:Part of
671:Warsaw
565:1 July
533:
447:Events
419:troops
311:column
279:Warsaw
267:square
259:Polish
177:ii, vi
79:Square
67:Polish
63:
1453:Tęcza
1366:Varso
487:Notes
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202:30bis
143:South
49:(top)
1252:PAST
593:2010
567:2008
531:ISBN
461:NATO
441:ZOMO
415:rota
309:The
185:1980
166:Type
75:Type
45:and
1341:Q22
428:ru
390:pl
332:of
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