Old City of Zamość

​Old city of zamość

​History

• ​Zamość was founded in 1580 by the Chancellor and Hetman Jan Zamoyski ➡

• ​The city was modelled on Italian trading cities and built during the Renaissance epoch by the architect Bernardo Morando, a native of Padua.

Multiple Choice

On cities of which country was Zamość based?

• English ones

• Italian ones

• French ones

​The expressions used to describe Zamość:

• ​"Pearl of the Renaissance"

• "Padua of the North"

• "City of arcades"

​Zamość deserves this opinions thanks to the beautiful Renaissance architecture and original urban space layout designed in accordance with the premises of the so-called "ideal city"

Multiple Choice

In what epoch was Zamość build?

• Baroque

• Renaissance

• Neoclassicism

​The Town Hall

• ​stands on the grounds of Great Market Square.

• is ​one of the most popular historical treasures of Zamość.

• ​is one of the most beautiful Town Halls in Poland.

​​The Cathedral of Lord's Resurrection and St. Thomas the Apostle

• ​is one of the most magnificent temples in the Polish early modern architecture

• ​is accessed as a building of the high historical and artistic value

​Zamość Academy

• ​Intention of its founder, Jan Zamoyski, was to prepare the aristocratic youth for the public duty.

• ​The concept of this academy was based on the popular school of Jan Sturm in Strasburg.

Multiple Choice

Which photo presents The Cathedral of Lord's Resurrection and St. Thomas the Apostle?

​Rennaissance tenements

• ​The renaissance tenements with the arcades are the most characteristic features of architecture of Zamość

• ​Up to 55 renaissance tenements are preserved in Zamość

• ​This is the biggest number of that kind of buildings in Poland.

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