Three Crosses Square

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I only found two crosses!

by Praskipark

Warsaw, Poland

January 13, 2012

Best of IgoUgo Three Cross Square is a hectic place and you can easily get knocked down by a car if you don't have your wits about you. The square is far too small for all the buildings standing in the centre of the square and the avenues like Ujazdowskie which ...Read more Three Cross Square is a hectic place and you can easily get knocked down by a car if you don't have your wits about you. The square is far too small for all the buildings standing in the centre of the square and the avenues like Ujazdowskie which run from it are always packed with passing traffic. This is the centre where the modern Sheraton Hotel is situated - home to pop stars and many diplomats for a night or two. You only have to walk a couple of steps before spying a limouisine with a flag flying or a Rolls Royce with its windows painted black. It's all quite glamorous but there are other buildings that are quite down to earth like the Comminist looking building that spreads all along the right hand side of the square facing St Alexander's Church. This is a stern looking building - it certainly doesn't ooze any charm. It's grey, very officious and official -one of the main finance buildings in Warsaw. Still, I quite like the design but then I am a fan of Communist style architecture.

Now, the square is called Three Cross Square but I have only found two. Maybe I've not been looking in the right place. According to old guide books there were two columns topped with crosses built here in 1731. These must be the surviving ones I have seen but there is meant to be another cross held by the Czech Saint John of Nepomuk who is present in a monument founded by Marshal Bielinski in 1752. I have seen this monument but to be honest I never noticed the third cross. I will have to return to find it.

The square was also known by two other names; Three Cross Crossroads and St Alexander's Square.

St Alexander's Church dominates the square with its large dome, clasical body and six-column portico(see my review). It's a huge building filling nearly every inch of the square in the centre. Two monuments exist in the square; one of Wincenty Witos, a Polish Prime Minister to be elected from the peasants' party. A very charming monument it is too. The other monument is dedicated to Jakub Falkowski who founded the institute of the Deaf-Mute and Blind.

There are several elegant coffee houses privately owned and not part of the big coffee franchises. In summer seating outside is available but not sure how healthy it is to sit outside with all the fumes from the traffic.

Three Cross Square is easy to reach by bus (136) and you can even walk from the Old Town or Nowy Swiat. The National Museum isn't far away - within walking distance.

It's not my favourite square in Warsaw but worth a visit if just to see St Alexander's Church and perhaps search for the third cross. Close

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I only found two crosses!