Natolin (Polish: [naˈtɔ.lin]) is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, within the Ursynów district. It is a predominantly a high-rise multifamily residential area, with housing estates of Wolica, and Wyżyny, and with a smaller presence of low-rise single-family housing in Moczydło, located in the southwest. The neighbourhood also includes the Natolin station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro rapid transit underground system. Additionally, the neighbourhood is widely associated with the Natolin Park, wbich contains Potocki Palace. They are placed just outside its boundaries, within the district of Wilanów.
The village of Moczydło was present in the atea by 1528. Between 1780 and 1783, the Potocki Palace, was also buil nearby. It became a residence of the Czartoryski and, later, Potocki families. The palace was rebuilt in its current form in 1838. In 1879, a horse stable was built in Moczydło, as the village became specialised in breeding horses for the local upper class. In the 1930s, it became a supplier for the newly-opened nearby Służewiec Racecourse, and remained as such until Second World War. The area was incorporated into Warsaw in 1951. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the housing estates of Wolica and Wyżyny, were developed in Natolin, featuring high-rise apartment buildings. In 1995, the Natolin station of the Warsaw Metro opened.
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