Francuska Street

Francuska Street

Francuska Street at the level of Obrońców Street
Shown within Warsaw
Part of	Saska Kępa
Length	750 m (2,460 ft)
Location	Warsaw
Coordinates	52°14′5.2″N 21°3′13.7″E / 52.234778°N 21.053806°E / 52.234778; 21.053806

Francuska Street is a street in Warsaw's Saska Kępa neighborhood, beginning at Przymierza Square and ending at George Washington Roundabout. Along the street, there are residential houses (including historic buildings from the interwar period), and the trees growing alongside it give it the character of an avenue.

The oldest surviving houses were built in the 1930s. In September 1939, battles took place on Francuska Street. The street retained its commercial character even after the end of World War II, which became even more apparent after 1989. Since 2006, it has been the venue for the main events of the Saska Kępa Festival, and since 2012, also for the French Festival.^[1] Its name is dedicated to France, the formal ally of the Second Polish Republic.^[2]