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Founding of Zamość

When: 1580
Where: Zamość
Part of: Establishment of Old City of Zamość

Jan Zamoyski founded Zamość in 1580 as an ideal Renaissance city on a key trade route.

Jan Zamoyski, Grand Chancellor of Poland, established Zamość in 1580. He envisioned it as an ideal city located on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea.

Sources

Zamość Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-17

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