London has Hyde Park, New York its Central Park and Warsaw's equivalent is Lazienki (pr wazienki if my understanding of Polish is accurate). An L with a slash through it (but not on my keyboard) is a soft w; the w is, of course, pronounced v.
Unlike the others, this one is full of palaces, lovely lakes, and grandiose statuary. There is the famous Chopin memorial, the Jan III Sobieski monument (he defeated the Turks at Vienna in 1683), the Palace on the Water, and the Officer's School - all shown here. However, these pictures are a long way short of showing the park's rich contents which contain a mock temple, an orangerie, an open auditorium, an observatory, the national museum and several more palaces. The Sejm (parliament) is nearby.
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