Muranów

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Muranów is a housing estate in districts Śródmieście and Wola in Warsaw founded in XVII century by Józef Bellotti, a venetian architect. The name of estate comes from an island of Murano.

In the Interwar period the district was inhabited mostly by Jews - because of that the Warsaw Ghetto has been located here by occupying Germans. After uprising in 1943 commanded by Mordechaj Anielewicz the district has been completely destroyed. A few buildings have survived the war. Rebuilt after war in style of socrealism.

In the future a Warsaw Metro station Muranów (crossroads of Anielewicza and Andersa streets) and Museum of History of Polish Jews are to be build.