Plac Wilsona is the chief square of northern Warsaw

Warsaw

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's Żoliborz

Zoliborz

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 district. It is also one of the Polish capital's main transport hubs, with several bus and streetcars stops (opened to the public June 1, 1934).

Wilson Square was established in the late 1920s as the main center of the newly formed district, and one of the star-shaped squares that sprang up all over Warsaw. Named for U.S. President

President of the United States

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 Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

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, after World War II

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 (1951) it was renamed Plac Komuny Paryskiej (Paris Commune

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 Square). In 1991 the original name was restored.
Beneath the square is a Warsaw Metro

Warsaw Metro

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 station (the Wilson Square metro station).

Wilson Square is also the name of a Polish rock band, which had its debut LP "Ghosts Behind The Curtain" released in 2010 by Mystic Production.