Also called A pearl of middle ages and City of Galleries "

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ZAMOSC

• Also called A pearl of middle ages and City of
  Galleries "

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Zamosc is located in South eastern Poland In
Lubelskie province. There are 66 778 inhabitants.
The surface of the city is 30,5 km2.

If you want to call to Zamosc you have to dail a
code 0084. The president of the city is Marcin
Zamoyski
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Crest and Flag of Zamosc
St. Thomas with a crest Jelita of Jan
Zamoyski a founder of the city
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Wonders of Zamosc
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Katedra
Rotunda
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Renaissance Pearl

• Zamosc is one of the most authentic Renaissance
  cities left in Europe
• The plan was drawn in the shape of a lying man
• head -the academy, collegiate -his lungs, the
  town hall - heart ,Grodzka Street -the spine. The
  four bastions- arms and legs
• Renaissance tolerance

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Ideal City
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Ideal city

• harmony unity, symmetry and transparency
• citta ideale
• designed to integrate business, scientific and
  cultural life with the defensive functions of the
  fortress.

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Great Market

• l ocated perfect square (100m x100 m).
• houses are decorated with friezes, false
  fronts, reliefs and frescos
• The influence of Polish architects own
  version of R enaissance can be seen in the attics
  and arcades

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You must come here!!!!!
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Rotunda
Martyrdom Museum
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And always beautiful....
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When its raining...
...and its sunny)
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...even if there are pigeons...
...In winter...
...At night...
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• Town Hall is situated not in the middle of the
  Market Square, but in one of the house frontages.
• bugle call of Zamosc
• why it isnt played in the direction of the
  West?

Town Hall
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Zamosc was entered on the UNESCO World Heritage
list in the year of 1992 as the third Polish
city, after
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THE HISTORY OF ZAMOSC

• Founded in 1580 by the Chancellor and Hetman Jan
  Zamoyski
• Italian Architect Bernard Morando
• Akademia Zamojska
• Citta Ideale Ideal City

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17th century

• Religious freedom
• Access to education
• Many types of business
• Many nationalites
• Jews communities

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The Wars

• German camps
• Two Soviet prisoners camps
• Rotunda
• Lost about 40 of its population

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• Fast development after war from 39.100 in 1975
  to 68.800 in 2003 inhabitantsRoute from Germany
  to Ukraine

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FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM ZAMOSC
Marek Grechuta
Róza Luksemburg

• Józef Epstein
• Witold Paszt
• Beata Scibakówna - Englert
• Icchok Lejb Perec

Joanna Racewicz
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• The oldest orchestra in Poland was
  estabilished in Zamosc in October 1881. It was
  financed by The Namyslowscy.

• In 1922 1935 Boleslaw Lesmian lived in
  Zamosc and worked here as notary in a local court
  of justice.

• The movie Przypadek Pekosinskiego was made
  here. It is a story of one of the inhabitants,
  Bronislaw Pekosinski.

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Church of St. Katherin

• In 1939 it was Polish treasury.Polish hid
  many paintings and books in a cellar of the
  church. Also banks kept their gold there.

At the beginning of The II World War a famous
painting of Jan Matejko Hold Pruski was kept in
a church of St. Katherin
Most valiuable were The Bible printed in 1453
roku Biblia Gutenberga from bazilica in Pelplin
and Hold Pruski.
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The End