Zamość Fortress

E297070

Renaissance fortification bastion fortress

Zamość Fortress is a well-preserved Renaissance-era bastion fortification in southeastern Poland, renowned as part of the UNESCO-listed ideal Renaissance town of Zamość.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Old City complex of Zamość	1
Zamość Fortress canonical	1
fortifications of Zamość (design)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Renaissance fortification ⓘ bastion fortress ⓘ
architect	Bernardo Morando ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Italian school of fortification ⓘ Renaissance architecture ⓘ
category	Fortresses in Poland ⓘ Renaissance architecture in Poland ⓘ World Heritage Sites in Poland ⓘ
constructionEnd	early 17th century ⓘ
constructionStart	1579 ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
currentUse	museum site ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
foundedBy	Jan Zamoyski ⓘ
hasPart	arsenal ⓘ bastions ⓘ casemates ⓘ city gates ⓘ curtain walls ⓘ moats ⓘ ravelins ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Historic Monument of Poland ⓘ UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	late 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Zamość ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Lublin Voivodeship ⓘ
locatedInRegion	southeastern Poland ⓘ
locatedOn	trade route between Western and Eastern Europe ⓘ
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
namedAfter	Jan Zamoyski ⓘ
operator	Polish High Command ⓘ surface form: Polish military authorities (historical)
owner	Zamoyski family ⓘ surface form: Jan Zamoyski family (historical)
partOf	Old Town of Zamość ⓘ ideal Renaissance town of Zamość ⓘ
significance	example of an ideal Renaissance town fortification ⓘ one of the best-preserved bastion fortresses in Poland ⓘ
significantEvent	defence during the Polish–Soviet War 1920 ⓘ siege by Cossack-Tatar forces in 1648 ⓘ siege during the Swedish Deluge 1656 ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria	(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteName	Old Town of Zamość ⓘ surface form: Old City of Zamość
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1992 ⓘ
usedFor	military defence ⓘ protection of trade routes ⓘ urban defence of Zamość ⓘ
wellPreserved	true ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zamość → hasLandmark → Zamość Fortress ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Poland → hasPart → Zamość Fortress ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City complex of Zamość

Bernardo Morando → notableWork → Zamość Fortress ⓘ

this entity surface form: fortifications of Zamość (design)