Zamość

Zamość (Latin: Zamoscia, ukrain: Замостя, russian: Замость (Замостье), Yiddish: זאמאשטש) - a city with poviat rights in the southern part of the Lublin province, the seat of the Zamość poviat authorities. It is one of the major cultural, educational and tourist centers of the province, especially of the Zamość region

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Zamość due to the unique architectural and urban complex of the Old Town, it is sometimes called the "pearl of the Renaissance", "city of arcades" and "Padua of the North". In terms of population, it ranks 2nd in the voivodship (64 354 inhabitants), while in terms of area it ranks 10th. In 1992, the Zamość Old Town was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Zamość Fortress - fortifications surrounding Zamość built in 1579–1618 on behalf of Jan Zamoyski. Rebuilt many times, including the most comprehensively in the 1820s. One of the largest fortresses of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and then of the Duchy of Warsaw and the Kingdom of Poland. It has undergone five sieges in its history. The first was the defense against the Cossack-Tatar forces during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. The second was the Swedish siege of 1656, the third was the siege of the armies of the Duchy of Warsaw, aimed at releasing Zamosc from the Austrian hands in 1809. The longest, also the fourth siege lasting up to 10 months, was the Russian siege in 1813. For the last time, i.e. the fifth, Zamość defended itself during the November Uprising, when it was the last resistance in general in its history to the Russians. By storm, the fortress was conquered only once, and by the Polish army in 1809. It was liquidated in 1866.

The Zamość Rotunda - founded in 1825-1831 as a cannon house, after Zamość was included after the Congress of Vienna in 1815 within the borders of the Congress Kingdom, i.e. under the rule of Russia. During World War II, there was a German camp under the Gestapo "Gefangenen Durchgangslager Sicherheitspol" ("Security Police Transit Prison Camp") 1940–1944, place of martyrdom of the people of the Zamość region.