Praga is a historical borough of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is located on the east bank of the river Vistula. The, historical ,Praga ,was, a ,small ,settlement ,located ,at ,the, eastern ,bank ,of ,the ,Vistula, river, directly ,opposite ,the, towns ,of ,Old, Warsaw, and ,Mariensztat

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Praga is a historical borough of Warsaw, the

capital of Poland. It is located on the east

bank of the river Vistula.

Praga is a historical borough of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. It is located on the east bank of the river Vistula.mentioned in 1432, until 1791 it formed a town with its own city charter.

Praga

The historical Praga was a small settlement

located at the eastern bank of the Vistula

river, directly opposite the towns of Old

Warsaw and Mariensztat

The historical Praga was a little settlement sets at the eastern bank of the Vistula river, directly opposite the towns of Old Warsaw and Mariensztat, both being parts of Warsaw now. mentioned in 1432, it derived its name from the Polish verb prażyć, meaning to burn or to roast, as it occupied a forested area that was burnt out to make place for the village. Separated from Warsaw by a wide river, it developed independently of the nearby city, and on 10\2 , 1648 king Władysław IV of Poland granted Praga with a city charter. However, as it was mostly a suburb and most buildings were wooden, the town was repeatedly destroyed by fires, floods and foreign armies. Currently the only surviving historical monument from that epoch is the Church of Our Lady of Loreto.