Wonders of Zamosc. Monuments-en

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Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Temperature in the city: -4°C

Zamosc is full of renaissance wonders, and it is famous for its exceptionally beautiful architecture.
The architectural arrangement of the Old Town with 120 monuments of the highest order makes the city a thing of beauty and of extreme historical importance. Zamosc has two world-class architectural monuments: the historical complex within the fortress from the 16th-17th centuries, and the cathedral (former collegiate) complex.
All the historically important buildings have been fitted with the bilingual plaques, in Polish and English

Academy
Hippaeum Zamoscianum - a higher school formed in 1594 by the eminent patron of the culture, John Zamoyski. It was liquidated in 1874 by the Austrian government >>>

Arsenal
In 1582 the brave chancellor Jan Zamoyski returned to Zamosc from the expedition to Moscow. He brought huge spoils - amongst them many cannons >>>

Great Market
It is a centrally located perfect square (100m x100 m). It follows the antique tradition of forum publicum. It is one of the biggest European squares >>>

Rotunda
The building is a 19th century arsenal, 800 m south of the Great Market. It survived the WW2 but 8,000 people were murdered there during the German occupation >>>

Synagogue
The temple is the most splendid Renaissance synagogue in Poland. It was a functioning place of worship for over 300 years >>>

Town Hall
To this day at noon a trumpeter (dressed in a sixteenth-century robe) on the clock tower plays the bugle call of Zamosc >>>

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