The square with the Jabłonowski Palace (City Hall) tower on the left and the Grand Theatre on the right
City Hall with its tower and the Grand Theatre, seen from above across the square
Refugees in front of the Jabłonowski Palace (City Hall) during the siege of Warsaw
Residents clearing rubble by the ruined Jabłonowski Palace
The Warsaw Nike monument on the square, near the site of the demolished Jabłonowski Palace
The north side of the square with the reconstructed Jabłonowski Palace and its tower
The empty square with the Jabłonowski Palace on the left and the Grand Theatre on the right
Theatre Square is framed by the Grand Theatre and the Jabłonowski Palace, which served as Warsaw's City Hall from 1819 until 1944. The theatre was bombed in September 1939 and burned in 1944; it was rebuilt and greatly enlarged after the war, keeping its original façade on the square, and reopened in 1965. The ruins of the Jabłonowski Palace were demolished in 1952 and the Warsaw Nike monument was unveiled near its site in 1964; the monument was moved away in the 1990s and the palace was reconstructed in 1995–1997.