Warsaw, the sprawling capital of Poland, has had a long and turbulent history. Standing proudly on the Vistula River, Warsaw dates back to the year 1313. It became the capital of the Kingdom of Poland in 1596, but later became a part of the Kingdom of Prussia.
Warsaw has seen many battles and invasions and it was only in 1918 that it became the capital of the Independent Republic of Poland. Tragedy struck yet again with the German invasion of Poland, and the massacre of its Jewish population. But like the Phoenix of mythology, Warsaw rose again from the ashes of destruction that followed World War II, to emerge as the modern and dynamic city that it is today.
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