What is Parade Square?
{{coord|52|13|56|N|21|0|32|E|type:landmark|display=title}} [[File:POL Warsaw Plac defilad.jpg|thumb|250px|Parade Square in central Warsaw with the markets]] '''Parade Square''' ({{lang-pl|Plac Defilad w Warszawie}}) is a big [[Plaza|city square]] in central [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]]. It was established in 1955 by the [[Soviet Union]] together with the building of the [[Palace of Culture and Science]]. The square is one of the biggest in [[Europe]] and the world. It was used in the Communist period by the government of [[People's Republic of Poland]] for [[military parade]]s. After the fall of [[communism]] in Poland in 1989 the square was abandoned and made into a [[market]]place. == Other websites == * [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324563004578525412186447712.html Warsaw Takes Steps on Parade Square Development] in [[The Wall Street Journal]]. [[Category:Buildings and structures in Warsaw]] [[Category:Town squares in Europe]] [[Category:National squares]] [[Category:1955 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:20th-century establishments in Poland]] [[Category:1950s establishments in the Soviet Union]] {{europe-stub}}