O Zoológico de Zamosc foi inaugurado em 1918...
A antiga Cidade de Zamosc (), a stronghold and a historical monument, localizado no sudeste da Polônia, foi fundada em 1580, pelo chanceler Jan Zamoyski.
According to 16th century standards, é um esplêndido exemplo de cidade perfeita, com estilo renascentista italiano e has retained its original layout to the present day, constituting a town planning system unique in the world scale.
Jan Zamoyski, humanista educado em Pádua, patrono da literatura, ciências e artes, wanted his town to be an authentic masterpiece. He handed the realization of his dream over to Bernardo Morando, um arquiteto veneziano.
Town construction lasted several years, but it was worth waiting for. A centrally located perfect square constitutes the Great Market Place, which is based on the antique tradition of forum publicum and is surrounded by Italian style arcades, which used to house merchant shops and wine-shops.
The tenement houses are decorated with friezes, false fronts, reliefs, splendid portals, frescos and polychromes.
The Market Place is dominated by the monumental Town Hall with a grand staircase. A 16th c. Renaissance cathedral, the most magnificent in Poland, is located nearby.
In the cathedral, priceless altars and paintings, like "Zwiastowanie Najswietszej Marii Panny" (Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary), de Carlo Dolei or series of paintings presenting life of St. Thomas, the patron of Zamosc, can be seen. The cast silver tabernacle is famous throughout Poland.
The stronghold of Zamosc is famous for its fortifications. In the past, the town was surrounded by fortified walls with seven bastions and a moat. The fortifications proved especially useful during the 1648 Cossack war and the 1656 Swedish war.
The fortifications were modified according to French military arrangements and protected the town from the Russian Army in 1813 and 1831. Several gates were built into the walls, the most famous being the Lubelska Gate.
O mapa do selo (abaixo) é baseado on an engraving de Abraham Hogenberg after the works of Georg Braun, "Theatrum preciparum totius mundi urbium", 1618.
Selo emitido em 1980 (Scott: 2384): "400 LAT ZAMOSCIA" (1580-1980), aniversário de 400 anos da cidade de Zamosc – considerada Patrimônio da Humanidade.
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Última atualização: 10/12/2007. |
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