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    Zamość

    Poland

    Zamość

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    Zamość is located in southeastern Poland, approximately 240 km from Warsaw and 110 km from Lemberg (Lwiw), and has about 58,000 inhabitants.

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    Zamość is located in southeastern Poland, approximately 240 km from Warsaw and 110 km from Lemberg (Lwiw), and has about 58,000 inhabitants. From 1578, Jan Zamoyski had the city designed by the Venetian architect Bernardo Morando as an ideal Renaissance town, which earned it the nickname "Padua of the North." Since 1992, the Old Town has been a UNESCO World Heritage site.The Old Town has a hexagonal layout: in the west were the Zamoyski family residence and the Academy, and in the east, the burgher town with three squares: the Great Market (Rynek Wielki), the Salt Market, and the Water Market. On the Great Market, with its arcaded houses, stands the Town Hall with its 52-meter-high clock tower. Remains of the fortress are preserved around the Old Town.You can see the main sights in one day. Zamość also serves as an excellent base for excursions into the Roztocze National Park.

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    Synagogue
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    1Synagogue

    The Renaissance Synagogue on ul. Pereca bears witness to the city's once large Jewish community. The building dates from 1610 to 1620. Since 2011, it has housed the Synagoga Center, featuring a multimedia museum dedicated to the Jews of Zamość and the surrounding area.
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    Great Market (Rynek Wielki) and Town Hall
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    2Great Market (Rynek Wielki) and Town Hall

    The approximately 100 by 100 meter square is the heart of the ideal city. Here stands the Town Hall, whose construction Bernardo Morando began in 1591 and which took on its current shape during reconstruction from 1639 to 1651. The clock tower is 52 meters high, the double-flight staircase was added in the 18th century. From the tower, the Hejnał is blown daily at 12 PM during the season. Around the square stand arcaded houses, including the Armenian Houses with their decorated attics; the Zamość Museum is located in one of them.
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    Rotunda (Rotunda Zamojska)
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    3Rotunda (Rotunda Zamojska)

    The Rotunda outside the Old Town was built 1825-1831 as the fortress's gun bastion. From 1940-1944, it served German occupiers as a Security Police transit camp and execution site. Today, it is a memorial and museum.
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    Restaurants in Zamość

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    Padwa

    The restaurant lies in the Renaissance cellars of the Zamoyski House and combines Italian and Hungarian influences with Polish specialties.
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    Museum, Armenian Cellars

    The restaurant in the Armenian Cellars is located on the north side of the Great Market Square, just a few steps from the Town Hall. The menu features Polish dishes such as Gołąbki. The rooms display a photo gallery by Stanisław Orłowski.
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    Bohema

    Restaurant in a historic house on ul. Staszica by the Main Market Square, with brick walls. The menu features regional dishes like buckwheat pierog and venison steak, and it's also known for its cakes. In summer, you can sit outside.
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    Food and Drink

    Cebularz lubelski

    A flat yeast flatbread with onions and poppy seeds. It originated in the kitchens of Jewish bakers in Lublin and has been protected in the EU since 2014 as a specialty of the Lublin region, which also includes Zamość.

    Buckwheat Pirog Pie

    Baked dough pastry with buckwheat filling, a regional specialty that you can get, for example, at Bohema on the Main Market Square.

    Renaissance Vault

    Several restaurants on the Main Market Square sit in the vaulted cellars of Renaissance houses, such as Padwa in the Zamoyski House, which combines Italian and Hungarian influences with Polish cuisine.

    The Story and Culture

    An Ideal Renaissance CityJan Zamoyski planned Zamość according to Italian theories of the ideal city, with Bernardo Morando implementing the plan from 1578. UNESCO calls the Old Town an outstanding example of a planned late 16th-century Renaissance city. In the Main Market Square stand the Armenian Houses with arcades and ornate attics. One of them now houses the Zamość Museum, displaying its collection. From the Town Hall tower, the Hejnał sounds daily at 12 PM during the season.Jewish Heritage and WarThe Old Town features a Renaissance synagogue from 1610-1620 and a Mikveh. From 1772 to 1809, Zamość was under Austrian rule; it then belonged to the Duchy of Warsaw and, for about a century, to Russia. During World War II, the city was part of the German General Government, and most of its Jewish population was murdered. The Rotunda served as a transit camp and execution site at that time and is now a memorial.

    Getting there and around

    Getting ThereNational roads 17 and 74 intersect in Zamość, and the city is also located on a railway line. The nearest international airport is Lublin in Świdnik.In the CityYou can explore the compact Old Town on foot; the Main Square, Synagogue, and Cathedral are close to each other. The Rotunda is located outside the Old Town. If you come by car, it's best to park outside the Old Town walls and walk in.

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    Lublin Region

    Lublin Region

    The Lublin Voivodeship is in far eastern Poland, bordering Belarus and Ukraine. To the west, the Vistula, to the east, the Bug, form much of its border. Around two million people live here; Lublin is its only major city. The landscape ranges from the Lublin Upland, across the Roztocze hills, to Polesie in the northeast.In 1569, the Lublin Union was concluded here, uniting Poland and Lithuania. During WWII, German occupiers established extermination camps Majdanek, Belzec, and Sobibor in the region. Today, the Renaissance city Zamość, the Vistula town Kazimierz Dolny, and Roztocze and Polesie National Parks draw visitors.
    Lublin

    Lublin

    Lublin is located approximately 170 km southeast of Warsaw and, with around 327,000 inhabitants, is Poland's eighth-largest city. Five universities make it a young student city. In 1317, Lublin received Magdeburg rights and became a trading post on the Via Regia; in 1569, the Union of Lublin between Poland and Lithuania was concluded here.The Old Town lies on the edge of the Bystrzyca Valley and is surrounded by remnants of the city walls, including the Krakow Gate and Grodzka Gate. On the Market Square stands the former Town Hall, the Crown Tribunal, ringed by Renaissance burgher houses, the Cathedral, and the Dominican Basilica. The Grodzka Gate formerly marked the boundary to the Jewish Quarter; behind it rises the Castle with the Holy Trinity Chapel. West of the Old Town, the New Town and the Saxon Garden connect.On the outskirts, the Majdanek Memorial commemorates the German concentration and extermination camp. Two days should be planned for Lublin, easily combinable with Kazimierz Dolny and Zamość.
    Łańcut Castle

    Łańcut Castle

    Łańcut Castle (Zamek w Łańcucie), located in the Carpathian Foothills near Rzeszów, is a former magnate residence of the Lubomirski and Potocki families. Stanisław Lubomirski, Voivode of Kraków, had the complex expanded between 1629 and 1641 following plans by Maciej Trapola; after 1783, Izabela Lubomirska converted parts of the fortifications into gardens. From 1816, it belonged to the Potocki family, residing there until 1944. Since September 1944, the castle has served as a museum, and since 2005, the complex and its park have held the status of a Polish historical monument.In addition to the castle rooms, the museum houses the Coach House with a collection of carriages and accessories; the Orchid House in the park; a department for icons and sacred art; and a Judaica collection connected with the Synagogue of Łańcut founded by the Lubomirskis. The approx. 36-hectare landscape park, with an Italian Garden, Rose Garden, and moat, surrounds the castle.

    The Carpathian Foothills (Podkarpackie) in southeastern Poland border Slovakia to the south and Ukraine to the east. Rzeszów is the capital of the voivodeship, formed in 1999; its largest rivers are the San, Wisłoka, and Wisłok.To the south, the landscape rises to the Bieszczady, where Tarnica, at 1,346 meters, forms the highest point of the voivodeship. Noble residences like Łańcut and Krasiczyn, the fortress city of Przemyśl, and wooden Cerkwie tell of the eventful history of this borderland.
    Kazimierz Dolny

    Kazimierz Dolny

    Kazimierz Dolny is located on the east bank of the Vistula River, approximately 50 km west of Lublin, and has around 2,500 inhabitants. First mentioned in 1249, the town was a port for grain trade on the Vistula. After being burned by Swedish troops in 1656 and the end of the grain trade, it lost its significance. From the late 19th century onwards, painters, writers, and summer visitors brought new life to the town.The market square, with its Renaissance burgher houses of the Przybyła family, is the center. Not far away, the Celej House holds a section of the Vistula Museum. Other sights include the parish church, the castle ruins, and the Three Crosses Hill (Drei-Kreuze-Berg) offering views of the Vistula Valley. Around the town, loess gorges wind through the Kazimierz Landscape Park, accompanied by old granaries.The town and its surroundings have been protected as a Polish Historical Monument since 1994. On summer weekends it is busy; during the week and in the off-season, it is quieter.

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