Warsaw, Europe's youngest capital, is a city with a long history. Already in the 10th century, in the region of today's right-bank Bródno district existed a fortified-town complex. In the centuries that followed, the settlements of Kamion, Targowe Wielkie and Solec developed. The latter was protected by a fortified castle town known as Jazdów and situated on the site of today's Botanical Gardens. Destroyed by invading Lithuanian Jadvingian barbarians, it was rebuilt at a different, more defensib.
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