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Book: History of Garden Design and Gardening
Chapter: Chapter 3: European Gardens (500AD-1850)

Public parks in Poland

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490. Public gardens. Independently of those of the Palais de Saxe, Warsaw may be said to have in its vicinity some of the finest drives and promenades in Europe; for width and extent, among these, are the numerous twenties of the Ujazdow, loading to the country resilience called Belvedere, planted with lofty lime and chestnut trees, and the drive to Lazienki. (Granville's Russia.)