Independence Avenue (Szczecin)
Independence Avenue (Polish: Aleja Niepodległości) is an avenue street in Szczecin, Poland, located in the Downtown district, crossing the neighbourhoods of Centre and New Town. It is placed on north–south axis. At its northern end, it intersects with and Adamowicz Square, Bałuki Street, Emancipation Avenue, and Polish Soldier Square, and at its southern end, with Dworcowa and Trzeciego Maja Streets. Along its length, it also forms intersections with Bogurodzicy Street, Victory Square, and Wyszyńskiego Street. It is primarily surrounded by tenement houses and apartment buildings. It also features the Post Office Building no. 1, a Gothic Revival building from 1905, currently used by the Polish Post, the Pomeranian Landowners Palace, a Baroque Revival building from 1895, currently used by the Szczecin Art Academy, and the Galeria Kaskada shopping centre. Independence Avenue was first formed in 1725 as an urban square, known as the Green Parade Square (German: Grüner Paradeplatz; Polish: Zielony Plac Parad). At the beginning of the 19th century, it was transformed into a wide pedestrian avenue with rows of trees, and from 1809, it was simply known as the Parade Square (German: Paradeplatz; Polish: Plac Parad), receiving its current name in 1945.
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| Latitude | Longitude |
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| N 53.426441666667 ° | E 14.551522222222 ° |