Osiedle Leśna Dolina, Białystok

53°08′10″N 23°05′21″E / 53.136022°N 23.089271°E / 53.136022; 23.089271Country PolandVoivodeshipPodlaskieCityBiałystokArea • Total2.655 km² (1.025 sq mi)

Leśna Dolina is one of the districts of the Polish city of Białystok. It has many green areas, with trees and fields. Most of the district is residential, with blocks of flats and houses.

History

Leśna Dolina was the third unit of the housing estate built by the "Słoneczny Stok" housing cooperative (The first was "Sloneczny Stok" district and the second was Zielone Wzgórza. The first blocks were built at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s in the area where Armii Krajowej Street runs today. They were still blocks made of large slab technology. Similar to Zielone Wzgórza, service and commercial premises are located on the lower ground floors, from the street side. In the early 1990s, the second church was built in this part of the residential complex. It is the Orthodox Church of the Resurrection (Polish: Cerkiew Zmartwychwstania Pańskiego wzniesiona)), erected according to the design of Jan Kabac, Jerzy Uścinowicz and Władysław Ryżyński.

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Streets and squares	Lipowa Street Kościuszko Market Square
Museums	Podlaskie Museum in Białystok Podlaskie Museum of Folk Culture Army Museum
Cemeteries	Bagnówka cemetery Ghetto cemetery

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Churches	Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Orthodox Cathedral of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit St. Roch's Church St. Kazimierz Church St. Jadwiga Church Divine Mercy Sanctuary

Synagogues	Cytron Synagogue Great Synagogue Piaskower Synagoge Nomer Tamid

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