Top 20 Natural Monuments around gmina Stare Babice

Beautiful fountain in the park, inviting you to relax and linger

A cross commemorating the battle of the Jerzyki unit with the RONA formation near Pociecha in the Kampinos Forest on 28 August - 2 September 1944. Insurgent Special Units "Jerzyki" (POS "Jerzyki") - a clandestine military-civilian organization founded in 1939 by Jerzy Strzałkowski on the initiative of President Starzyński. It operated mainly in the General Government, conducting armed combat and civilian activities (including secret education, helping Jews, distributing the press). In 1943 it was subordinated to the Home Army. Some of the structures in Łódź came under the influence of the PPR, creating the PPP "Wyzwolenie". After the Warsaw Uprising it continued sabotage operations. Disbanded in January 1945. In 1987, the POS banner was awarded the Order of Virtuti Militari.

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Szczęśliwicki Park is a city park in Warsaw's Ochota district, between Włodarzewska and Drawska streets. It was created in the 1960s on land that had been used for clay quarries and landfills, which had not been previously built on due to the proximity of the Warsaw Fortress forts. The reclaimed areas were developed socially - water reservoirs and a ski slope were created, and most of the area was wooded. The park has a sports and recreational character - it includes Glinianki Szczęśliwickie (approx. 7 ha), a year-round ski slope (Górka Szczęśliwicka, 138-152 m above sea level), an open swimming pool, playing fields and OSiR facilities. The water reservoirs are stocked and supervised by angling (PZW Circle No. 7). In 2020, the wooden pier was renovated. The park has natural significance - there are many species of birds here (approx. 70), as well as amphibians and fish. The flora includes poplars, maples, limes and other pioneer species. Despite the anthropogenic origin of the substrate and degraded soil, the area is an important haven of biodiversity in Warsaw.

Łużowa Góra is a picturesque walking trail in Kampinos National Park, located near the bunker of the Warsaw Pact Reserve Command. Built in the times of the Polish People's Republic, the facility was intended to serve as the headquarters of the communist bloc's military in the event of a global nuclear war. However, construction was halted in the 1980s, after the introduction of spy satellites, which made it impossible to hide such facilities. Today, all that remains is an underground hall with a sealed entrance, where seven species of bats hibernate, which contributed to the creation of a mural depicting a bat on the front. The trail leads through a beautiful forest, and one of the main points is a 200-meter footbridge over a dune, ending with stairs. Łużowa Góra is a walk that can be completed in about an hour, with easy access to the parking lot. With a stroller, you can only get as far as the stairs behind the footbridge, but the rest of the route requires carrying.

The Atomic Command Headquarters is an inactive military facility located in the Kampinos Forest, in the Dąbrowa Leśna region, near the Łuże dune, in the Kampinos National Park. It was designed in the 1960s as a command post in the event of a nuclear war. Its construction began in 1962 and work continued until the 1980s, when it was suspended due to the use of reconnaissance satellites. Due to the lack of supervision, after the facility was transferred to the National Park in 2004, it was gradually stolen. In 2017, the above-ground parts of the facility were demolished, and a bat habitat was created in the underground parts. In 2019, the area was made available to tourists, where an educational trail was marked out and information boards were placed. The facility is now an interesting tourist attraction, as well as a reminder of the Cold War era and preparations for nuclear conflict.

The Saxon Garden is one of the oldest city parks in Warsaw, located in the city center. Founded in the early 18th century as a palace garden, in 1727 it became the first public park in Poland. Initially maintained in the French style, in the 19th century it was transformed into a landscape park. For years it was a place of recreation, concerts and cultural events. Partially destroyed during World War II, it was restored after 1945. The park includes, among others, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Marconi Fountain and numerous historic sculptures.

The garden was laid out in the Baroque style between 1713 and 1733 at the instigation of the Saxon-Polish King Augustus II the Strong from the House of Wettin. In 1727, the king opened the garden for use by the public, which was the first time this had happened in Poland.[1] In the mid-19th century, the planner Enrico Marconi created a pond, a water reservoir in the shape of the Temple of Vesta from Tivoli and a large fountain (1855). The 21 allegorical sandstone sculptures in the park were mostly created in the workshop of Johann Georg Plersch. They show the four seasons, the sciences and the arts.