The New Town is not much younger than the Old Town. There are no ultramodern shopping centers or skyscrapers here. It is called New only because it was once a separate settlement, with its own head, city council, and town hall. But because of the lack of space in the Old Town, more and more merchants and burghers built houses here. As a result, at the end of the 18th century, the two towns merged, becoming one large Warsaw.
Of course, the architecture of the New Town is noticeably more modest. There are no royal castles here, but there are beautiful churches, for example, the Church of the Holy Spirit, St. Kazimierz Church, the Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to Elizabeth (it is already more than 600 years old), as well as the Sapieha Palace and the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Museum, dedicated to the discoverer of two rare elements - radium and polonium. The latter museum is located in house No. 15 on Freta Street - the main street of the New Town, where the great Polish woman once lived.
In addition, Freta Street is home to numerous cafes, souvenir shops, and antique stores. It leads into the Old Town.
Not far from the Church of the Holy Spirit begins Mostowa Street. Its name dates back to the 16th century, when the city's first wooden bridge was built. In the 17th century, the Mostowa Gate was rebuilt into a powder magazine. In 1944 it was destroyed, but more than 20 years later it was restored and a theater was opened in this building, named ”Stara Prochownia”, that is, “Old Powder House”.
