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ZAMOŚĆ
Zamosc is the world's only extant town with a fully Late Renaissance
and Mannerist urban layout, recognised as an absolutely top-class
monument of architecture. Founded in 1580 by Jan Zamoyski, Lord Chancellor
of Poland, Zamosc was designed by Bernardino Morando as a multi-racial
commercial centre (with a population of Poles Armenians Greeks, and
Jews), an aristocratic residence, and a military fortress. Today it
has a branch of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University located within
it.
CITY SIGHTSEEING
A walk through town takes us along the narrow streets of the old quarter,
and into the extensive market place (Rynek Wielki) with its 16th-century
Town Hall and its arcaded houses, a noteworthy specimen of which is
"Dom Pod Aniolem" (Angel House). The Zamoyski Residence
has a splendid facade and today serves as a courthouse. Opposite the
park you will find the building of the Zamoyski Academy. One of the
town's most exquisite monuments is the Collegiate (now Cathedral)
Church. The Bazylianska Street will take us to the old Synagogue and
Jewish Council House.
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