Zamość

Zamość is a city founded in 1580 by the great Crown Chancellor Jan Zamoyski. It was meticulously planned by the Italian architect Bernardo Morando, built in the shape of an ideal city, in accordance with the assumptions of the Renaissance urban model. This model took into account the economic and living needs of the residents, providing the security that modern bastion fortifications offered at that time.

The central point of the city is the Great Market Square, which still serves representative functions today. In addition to the Great Market, there are also the Salt and Water Markets, where trade thrived trade. The Great Market is surrounded by richly decorated tenement houses in the Renaissance style. Above them rises 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 around 65,000 inhabitants. Until 1999 (before the administrative division), it was the capital of the Zamość Voivodeship, and is now the capital of the county in the Lublin Voivodeship. In addition to the Old Town, it is also worth visiting the ZOO, one of the few zoos in eastern Poland. Zamość also serves as a gateway towards Roztocze and the Roztocze National Park, as well as a transit point leading to the border crossing with Ukraine - about 60 kilometers away 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.