Rakowiec, Warsaw — Area Guide & Where to Stay

What are the main landmarks in Rakowiec?

Three dedications and one dog. Kościół Opatrzności Bożej, the Church of the Annunciation and kościół Najświętszej Marii Panny Matki Zbawiciela account for the religious buildings the register lists in Rakowiec, and the Pomnik Szczęśliwego Psa stands apart from them as the one monument on the list. One museum joins them.

The Museum of History of Medicine of Medical University of Warsaw sits alongside the Sports and Recreation Centre, and the houses at 10 Mołdawska Street and 10 Jankowska Street round out what Ochota records here.

What is the history of Rakowiec?

Rakowiec answers to Ochota. The borough sits in the west-central part of Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and what the neighbourhood's record preserves is domestic rather than monumental: two numbered houses, a handful of parishes and one museum. The Museum of History of Medicine of Medical University of Warsaw carries the longest name on that list.

Its one monument, the Pomnik Szczęśliwego Psa, takes a dog for its subject.

Where is Rakowiec?

Rakowiec occupies a piece of the west-central part of Warsaw, inside the borough of Ochota, with Mołdawska Street and Jankowska Street among its addresses.