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| Type | Municipal |
| Location | Warsaw |
| Coordinates | 52°12′39″N21°00′00″E / 52.21083°N 21.00000°E /52.21083; 21.00000 |
| Area | 73 hectares (180 acres) |
| Status | Open all year |
| Public transit access |  Pole Mokotowskie |
Mokotów Field (Polish:Pole Mokotowskie) is a large urban park inWarsaw, Poland. Located between Warsaw'sMokotów district and the city center, the park is one of the largest in Warsaw. Only a small part of the modernPole Mokotowskie is located in the Mokotów district. Most of the field (48.61 ha, almost 71%) is located inOchota andŚródmieście.[1] Landmarks within the park include thePolish National Library and theMonument in Memory of the Fallen Polish Pilots in World War II. The park is also famous for its bars. To the south is aWarsaw Metro station, thePole Mokotowskie station.
From 1818 untilWorld War II, on what was originally a 200 ha area, a major part was occupied by an airfield and theWarsaw Polytechnic aircraft works.[2] ThePole Mokotowskie was also, until 1934, the site of Warsaw Airport and, in the years 1884-1939, of the Warsaw Horse Racing Track.[2] On May 17, 1935, the funeral ofJózef Piłsudski took place on thePole Mokotowskie.
The current park was designed by Stanisław Bolek and created in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] In 2010, a two-kilometer educational trail was opened named afterRyszard Kapuściński.[3] In 2018, near the intersection of al. Niepodległości and ul. Wawelska Street, 45 apple trees were planted to commemorate prominent Polish women.[4]
Greater modernization was initiated in 2021-2024. Concreted surfaces were reduced, a new water system with reed vegetation was created, and wooden platforms and bridges and wooden seats were added. New trees and flowerbeds were also planted.[5]
Twenty-one families of beetles are found in the park.[6] Most of them are species from theladybug family, of which theAsian ladybug is the most numerous, accounting for almost two-thirds of the individuals found. The next species,Aphidecta obliterata, accounted for 9.3%.
Due to the periodic lack of water in the ponds, there are no stable fish populations in the Mokotów Field, although some freshwater fish can be observed, such as individuals of the genusXiphophorus.[7]
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