Falenty

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Falenty
Village
Falenty Palace (early 17th century), currently a Technological Institute
Falenty Palace (early 17th century), currently a Technological Institute
Falenty is located in Poland
Falenty
Falenty
Coordinates: 52°8′14″N 20°55′29″E / 52.13722°N 20.92472°E / 52.13722; 20.92472
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
CountyPruszków
GminaRaszyn
Population
 • Total
690

Falenty [faˈlɛntɘ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Raszyn, within Pruszków County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.[1] It is part of the Warsaw metropolitan area.

History

In the early modern period, a trade route connecting Warsaw and Kraków ran through the village.[2] It was one of the busiest routes in Poland.[2]

Sights

  • Palace and park ensemble with an orangery, an outbuilding, and an entrance gate, currently a Technological Institute
  • Monument at the site of a German Nazi massacre of some 100 Poles, prisoners of Pawiak, from 1943

Notable people

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