{"id":27536,"date":"2023-08-12T08:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T06:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=239211"},"modified":"2023-08-12T21:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T19:11:34","slug":"historys-greatest-cities-warsaw","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/historys-greatest-cities-warsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"History\u2019s greatest cities: Warsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> In our series exploring the sights and stories of Europe\u2019s most fascinating historic cities, Alexandra Richie takes a deep dive into the pivotal historical episodes of Poland\u2019s capital <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Kev Lochun\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 12 August 2023 at 06:04 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>In our series exploring the sights and stories of Europe\u2019s most fascinating, enduring and historic destinations, travel journalist Paul Bloomfield is joined by historian and author Dr Alexandra Richie for a tour of Warsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they consider the city\u2019s medieval origins, 16th-century rise to political prominence, turbulent years under nations such as Sweden and Russia, and the tumult, violence and oppression of the 20th century. 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