Fort Bema
Fort Bema | |
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City Information System area (neighbourhood) | |
Bem Fort, a part of Warsaw's fortifications, dating to 1890. | |
Location of the Fort Bema neighbourhood within Bemowo district | |
| Coordinates: 52°15′43″N 20°56′14″E / 52.262027°N 20.937281°E | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Masovian |
| City and county | Warsaw |
| District | Bemowo |
| Incorporation into Warsaw | 14 May 1951 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Area code | +48 22 |
Fort Bema (Polish: [ˈfɔrt ˈbɛ.ma]; lit. 'Bem's Fort') is a neighbourhood and City Information System area in the Bemowo district of Warsaw, Poland. It is a residential neighbourhood with mid- and high-rise multifamily housing, and is centred around the Bem Fort, historical 19th-century fortifications whose surroundings now form a park.
By the 16th century, the village of Parysów was located in the area. In 1890, Fort P was built there as part of the city's fortifications, which were later decommissioned in 1909. From the 1950s to 1970s, it was a supply base for the nearby Warsaw Babice Airport. In the first quarter of the 21st century, multifamily housing estates were developed around it.