Rotunda (PKO)

PKO Rotunda in 2006. As seen from Palace of Culture and Science.

PKO Rotunda is a rotunda-type building owned by the PKO BP bank in the center of Warsaw, Poland. Designed from 1960–1969 by chief architect Jerzy Jakubowicz, it was the site of the 1979 Warsaw gas explosion. Soon in October 1979 it was rebuilt and opened again.

The Rotunda was demolished in March 2017. However a new rotunda, a replica of the original one is under construction.

Coordinates: 52°13′50″N 21°00′45″E / 52.23056°N 21.01250°E / 52.23056; 21.01250


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