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 | | Your tour should begin from Castle Square (Plac Zamkowy) which, drawing the boundary between the chaotic traffic area of Warsaw and its pedestrian area, draws also the boundary between the XX century and the fascination of the past centuries. |
 | | In the centre of the square there is "King Sigismund's Column" (Kolumna Zygmunta) built in 1644 in Sigismund III Vasa's honour, the king of Poland and Sweden who, at the beginning of the XVII century, transferred the capital of the country from Cracow to Warsaw. |
 | | The square took its present shape in the XIX century when the fortified city walls were demolished; on its left you can see the remains of the city walls, some of them dating back to the XIV century. |
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