Zamość

Zamość is a city founded in 1580 by the Grand Chancellor of the Crown, Jan Zamoyski. It was meticulously planned by the Italian architect Bernardo Morando, designed in the form of an ideal city, in accordance with the principles of Renaissance urban planning. This model took into account the economic and living needs of the inhabitants, providing the security afforded by modern bastion fortifications of the time.

The central point of the city is the Great Market Square, which still serves a representative function to this day. In addition to the Great Market Square, the Salt and Water Markets were established, where a lively trade thrived. The Great Market is surrounded by richly decorated tenement houses in the Renaissance style. Above them stands the town hall with its characteristic stairs. In 1992, the old town of Zamość was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Currently, Zamość is a city of about 65,000 people, and until 1999 (before the administrative division) it was the capital of the Zamość Voivodeship, now it is the capital of the county in the Lublin Voivodeship. Besides the Old Town, it is also worth visiting the ZOO in Zamość, which is one of the few zoological gardens in Eastern Poland. Zamość also serves as a gateway to Roztocze and the Roztoczański National Park, as well as a transit point leading to the border crossing with Ukraine - about 60 kilometers to cross in the town of Hrebenne. It is an incredibly picturesque city and an interesting place in Poland, worth visiting at any time of the year.