Sharing our results

In order to share the results of the project, in each country one dissemination workshop was realized with the participation of the local citizens and professionals to introduce our experiences and the good practices that have been identified during the project:

24/09/2015 Fiľakovo, Slovakia (31 participants)

08/10/2015 Nagyecsed, Hungary (24 participants)

22/10/2015 Zamość, Poland (27 participants)

27/11/2015 Oravița, Romania (27 participants)

Our project was introduced as well on the 28^th of October 2015 in the conference “Europe for citizens” of the Tempus Public Foundation, which is the Hungarian management organization of the programme. The aims of the conference were to increase the awareness of the programme, to inform the potential applicants and to introduce the successful projects.

Our project enabled the participation in the professional and cultural events in four countries for 420 foreign guests, 714 professionals and occasionally hundreds of local citizens. Nagyecsed was represented by the Rákóczi Kovács Gusztáv Traditional Group and the Gyöngyszemek Traditional Roma Group. Their performances were enthusiastically welcomed and recognized in each country. The good practices introduced by the Hungarian professionals, e.g. Your Story – Storytelling Mothers, Tanoda programme, public employment in Nagyecsed creating social values, impressed the audience deeply.

The participating citizens and professionals of the project gained many skills and experiences, and their personal and professional relationships deepened. The common goal brought people of diverse nationalities and minorities together. The participants could realize, that they can easily cooperate, when they respect each other’s traditions and habits. They have experienced the opportunities of the art related activities: music and dances are the base of the therapy methods recognized internationally and they are a type of the language-independent communication ways for the local and international communities. Nagyecsed is searching the possibility of more cooperation with the partner towns of the project. The four-party “Memorandum of Understanding” will help to reach this goal.

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Fourth event - Nagyecsed, Hungary

The fourth, closing event of the project was from 16^th of September 2015 to 19^th of September 2015 in Nagyecsed, Hungary.

On the first day of the event we held a conference, the professionals could take part in lectures and workshops. The guests got acquainted with the situation of Roma in Nagyecsed and the inclusions projects, which were realised in the town with the help of EU grants. Presentations were held about the music therapy and about the good practices of the partner countries as well.

The co-workers of the local municipality, the representatives of the local NGOs and institutes (Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Roma Women’s Association, Social Care Service Centre of Szatmár Sub-region, II. Rákóczi Ferenc Cultural Centre and Library, Free Dance Primary Art School, Kindergarten of Nagyecsed, Türr István Training and Research Institute, Hit Gyülekezete Szeretetszolgálat, Living Stones Foundation, Hungarian Maltese Charity Service, Nurse Service), the programme manager organization of ‘Europe for citizens’ Tempus Public Foundation, and the representatives of the project partners and towns: the mayor took part in the conference.

The following presentations were held:

• Lajos, Kovács (Hungary,) mayor of Nagyecsed: Welcome speech
• Introduction of the partner towns
• István Bölcsik PhD (Hungary), notary of Nagyecsed: Situation of Roma in Nagyecsed
• Ilona Fodorné Papp (Hungary), leader of Social Care Service Centre of Szatmár Sub-region: Social inclusion in Nagyecsed with support of EU grants
• Petra Kovács (Hungary), music and art therapist: The opportunities of the music therapy
• Nistor Iorga (Romania), Asotiatia Nevo Parudimos, project manager: Employment route passes through training
• Bc. Štefan Bako (Slovakia), Civic Association Ad Hoc, vice president: FIĽAKOVO Lession Learnt
• Krzysztof Bruzgul (Poland) Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu, co-worker: Activities of the Roma non-governmental organizations

In the afternoon the participants took part in workshops:

• Music therapy (Petra Kovács): the opportunities of the active music therapy
• Situation of Roma communities (Daniel Grebeldinger, Asotiatia Nevo Parudimos): impacts of the prejudices in the life of Roma, processing the theme with training methods
• The relationship of the minorities and the mainstream society (Štefan Bako, Civic Association Ad Hoc): processing the theme with brainstorming
• Stereotypes (Krzysztof Bruzgul, Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu): processing the theme with training methods

The participants visited the tourist attractions of Mátészalka and an exhibition of Stonawski Tamás painter in the Commuity Centre of Nagyecsed.

On the second day of the event (18/09/2015) partner workshops were held:

• Consultation about town twinning agreements(Szentpétery Elemér, Együttható Egyesület): explore the cooperation opportunities
• Identity: construction or reality? (Mgr. Attila Agócs, PhD, mayor of Fiľakovo): presentation and discussion about the identity and similarities of the four partner countries
• Stereotypes, prejudices, discrimination (Daniel Grebeldinger, Asotiatia Nevo Parudimos): presentation and processing the theme with training methods
• Volunteering (Krzysztof Bruzgul (Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu): the story of a volunteer’s career, processing the opportunities and benefits of volunteering with training methods

The participants visited the tourist attractions of Nagyecsed in their free time.

On the third day of the event (19/09/2015) an outdoor cultural festival was held. The participants made a parade in the town wearing their traditional costumes. Sándor Lajos, the member of the Hungarian Parliament opened the program. Lajos Kovács, the mayor of Nagyecsed gave memorial plaques to the partner organisations and towns of the KIDIN project, and to the representatives of Nagyecsed’s twin towns in Romania, Berveni and Ardud. The local and national artist entertained the audience with traditional dances and music. The performances were the following:

• ·  Nagyecsedi Rákóczi Kovács Gusztáv Hagyományőrző Együttes, Hungary: Dances from Szatmár and Mezőség
• Nagyecsedi Gyöngyszemek Hagyományőrző Cigány Együttes, Hungary: Roma dances
• „Teregovița” from Technological Highschool Sfântul Dimitri from Teregova, Romania
• Fanfara din comuna Racasdia Caras Severin, Romania
• Galagonya Dance Group, Romania
• Berek Dance Group, Romania
• Jánosík Traditional Dance Group, Slovakia
• "TAMBURINO" group, Poland: Roma songs and dances
• GráciaViolin Trio
• Stainless Steel Rock Band
• Homonyik Sándor singer
• R-GO Band

During the festival the participants could visit an exhibition in the Berey József Institute of Local History “Memories of the Reformed Parish of Nagyecsed”. Hand craft activities, gastronomic attractions and playground enriched the programs.

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Third event – Zamość, Poland

For the third time we were in Poland, our host was the Zamojskie Voluntary Service Association. The foreign participants arrived to Zamość on the 28^th of August 2015.

On the first day of the event the mayor of the city, Andrzej Wnuk opened the cultural festival on the stage in the main square of the city. After that the local and foreign performers made a parade wearing their traditional costumes. In the afternoon folk dances and songs were performed on the stage and a large concert closed the event. The performers of the festival were the following:

• Choir Ale Cantare, Poland: Polish songs
• “TAMBURINO” group, Poland: Roma songs and dances
• Nagyecsedi Rákóczi Kovács Gusztáv Hagyományőrző Együttes, Hungary: Dances from Szatmár and Mezőség
• Nagyecsedi Gyöngyszemek Hagyományőrző Cigány Együttes, Hungary: Roma dances
• „Teregovița” from Technological Highschool Sfântul Dimitri from Teregova, Romania: Picking blackberries – Romanian songs and dances
• Rakonca Traditional Folkdance Group: Hungarian dances, gypsy dances of Moldova

After the opening ceremony the professionals took part in the conference in the town hall. The conference was opened by the vice mayor Magdalena Dołgan. The representatives of the municipality and the local institutes (family care center, Grabowiec local cultural center, cultural institutions of Lubelskie Region), and the representatives of the partner organisations and towns took part of the event.

The presentations introduced the situation of the Roma people in the Lubelskie Region and good practices from the partner countries:

• Ewa Koper (Poland), Majdanek National Museum, historian: Roma extermination in Bełżec death camp
• Agnieszka Caban (Poland), editor, cultural studies expert: Roma people in Lubelskie region – Cultural heritage of social problem
• Halina Rycak (Poland), daily centre for family care, social worker: Situation of Roma people in Zamośc, living conditions of Roma people from social workers’ perspective.
• Interview with Andrzej Kaznowski and Vanessa Kaznowska (Roma citizens of Zamość)
• Elemer Szentpetery (Hungary), president of Association Co-Efficient, 'Tanoda' Programme in Hungary
• Nistor Iorga (Romania), Asociatia Nevo Parudimos, project manager: ‘Second Chance, a new Chance’ Educational opportunities

On the second day of the event (30/08/2015) the partners took part in workshops in the voluntary centre of the Polish partner:

• Puppet workshop (Janina Lachowska theatre expert of ‘Drukarnia wyobraźni’ Association): the participants acted the tale ‘Red Riding Hood’. The main aim of the workshop was to show the theatrical methods in the work with local society and minorities.
• Partner workshop (Daniel Grebeldinger, Asociatia Nevo PArudimos): The main aim of the workshop was to present effective methods of the cooperation between partners on international level.
• Roma dancing workshop (Szilvia Erősné Balogh, Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Roma Women’s Association): The main aim of the workshop was to present the dance as an integrative method in the work with minorities.

In the afternoon the participants visited the tourist attractions of the town. The visitors were impressed by the fortified town, which was built by Italian architects and is also known as “city of arcades” or “Padua of North”. The presentation about Bełżec and more than 11 000, including Roma, Sinti Jewish people who were killed there, has had a huge impact on the attendances. One of the results of the project was, that a Roma dance group could make a show on the stage of the city festival at the first time.

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Second event - Fil’akovo, Slovakia

Our host was this time the OZ INFO ROM and the municipality of Fil’akovo. The foreign participants arrived to Fil’akovo on the 13^th of August 2015. On the first day of the event the participants visited the Castle of Somoskő.

In the afternoon a conference for the professionals was held, where Mgr. Peter Pollák, PhD, the commissioner for Roma Affairs of the Slovak Republic took part in as well. In his presentation he talked about the situation of the Slovakian Roma and the grants of the European Union in the period of 2014–2020. The commissioner talked about the questions of identity and integration with the local Roma community and the foreign partners as well.

The following presentations were held during the conference:

• Mgr. Peter Pollák, PhD. (Slovakia), Commissioner for Roma Affairs of the Slovak Republic: Situation of the Roma in Slovakia
• Lajos Kovács (Hungary), Mayor of Nagyecsed: Public Employment in Nagyecsed
• Ábel Ravasz (Slovakia), Publicus Slovakia, leading analyst: The power of local communities: small steps to make it work
• Claudiu Muresan (Romania) Asociata Nevo Parudimos, co-worker: Festival of the ethnic communities from Banat
• Andrzej Smyk (Poland), Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu, member: Introdaction of Voluntary Centre in Zamość

After the presentations, the participants discussed the situation of the minorities during the workshops:

• Black and White: The Image of Living Together in the Press (János Vasík, editor at Patria Radio) – analysing the media appearances about the burn of the Castle of Krásna Hôrka and playing related situation games
• Your Story project and toy library (Furugh Switzer) – introduction of the methods

The mayor of Nagyecsed, Lajos Kovács, the representative of the municipality of Zamość, Sylwia Niemczuk, the representative of the municipality of Oravița, Constantin Comănoaia, the representatives of the partner organizations, the representative of the local organisations and citizens took part in the conference-

During the second day of the event the participants visited the tourist attractions of the town, e.g. the museum and the castle, which was first mentioned in the history in 1242. In the afternoon we organized a folk dance event (dance lessons) and hand crafting activities for the citizens, and the outdoor cultural festival was held. The performers of the festival were the following:

• Chore Ale Cantare, Poland: Polish songs
• Liana Oláhová, Slovakia: Roma songs
• Kolo Assembly, Romania: Serbian dances and songs
• Nagyecsedi Rákóczi Kovács Gusztáv Hagyományőrző Együttes, Hungary: „Így vót” introduction of a Hungarian traditional wedding, dances from Szatmár and Mezőség
• Lápi Lurkók Együttes, Hungary: dances from Rábaköz
• Nagyecsedi Gyöngyszemek Hagyományőrző Cigány Együttes, Hungary: roma dances

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First event - Oravița, Románia

The foreign participants arrived to Oravița on the 19^th July 2015. On the first day of the event welcome speeches were held, the project and the partner organizations were introduced in the town hall. The mayor of Oravița, Ursu Dumitru, the mayor of Nagyecsed, Lajos Kovács, the mayor of Fil’akovo, Mgr. Attila Agócs, PhD, the representative of the municipality of Zamość, Krzysztof Rusztyn, the representatives of the partner organizations: Szilvia Erősné Balogh (Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Romani Women’s Association), Zoltán Horváth (OZ INFO ROM), Krzysztof Bruzgul (Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu), and the representatives of the local organisations and citizens took part in the event.

During the opening of the event, the mayor of the town, Dumitru Ursu highlighted, that in the historical region of ’Bánság’ many races and cultures has always been living, mainly Romanians, Serbians and Hungarians. The culture and the arts have been playing a major role in the communities consisting of different minorities. In the theatre of the town, which is the oldest theatre building in Romania, plays were presented in four languages. The mayor welcomed, that this cultural and lingual diversity came back to the town through the international project, since the presentations and discussions were made in many – Romanian, Slovakian, Polish, Englishand Romani – languages.

In the afternoon an outdoor cultural festival was held, the performers made a parade wearing their traditional costumes.

The performers of the festival were the following:

• Fanfare from Răcășdia (Romania)- fanfare of the municipality of Răcășdia
• Romales (Romania) – the dancing group of the Roma minority from Greoni
• Serbian and roma dancers from Răcășdia
• Gârnic Assembly
• Sokol Assembly from Socol
• Nagyecsedi Rákóczi Kovács Gusztáv Hagyományőrző Együttes – Hungary
• Nagyecsedi Gyöngyszemek Hagyományőrző Cigány Együttes – Hungary
• Karavan Familia – Hungary
• Galáris Énekegyüttes – Slovakia
• Rakonca Néptáncegyüttes – Slovakia
• Dobroda zenekar – Slovakia
• Zespół Ale Cantare z Płoskiego – Poland

On the second day of the event a conference for the professionals was held in the town hall. The presenters introduced the situation of Roma in Romania and good practices of the partner countries. The following presentations were held:

• Ramona Stangu (Romania), Municipality of Oravița, roma expert: Situation of Roma people in Romania
• Furugh Swizer (Hungary), Unity in Diversity Foundation director, sociologist, psychologist: Your Story – Education of children through mothers’ development
• Jan Balaz (Slovakia), County Association of Roma Initiatives (CARI), programme assistant: Inclusion programs implemented within the CARI
• Krzysztof Bruzgul (Poland), Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu, co-worker: Introdaction of Voluntary Centre in Zamość
• Daniel Grebeldinger (Romania) Asociata Nevo Parudimos, project manager: Festival of the ethnic communities from Banat

The participants of the event have visited the Mihai Eminescu Theatre, which is the oldest theatre building in Romania.

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Kick off meeting

On the 2^nd of July 2015 the partner organizations of the KIDIN project met personally for the first time in Budapest. The aims of the meeting were to introduce the partners, to get acquainted with the details of the project, to work out the administration rules, to discuss the partners’ contract and to appoint the contact persons and the responsible persons.

The meeting was held in Budapest, in the Hotel Ibis Aero. The representatives of the municipality of Nagyecsed, the municipality of Fil’akovo and the the representatives of the partner organizations (Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Romani Women’s Association, OZ INFO, Stowarzyszenie Zamojskie Centrum Wolontariatu) took part in the event.

Introduction of Nagyecsed, Hungary

Ecsed Castle

Nagyecsed can be found in the north eastern of Hungary on the ’Szatmár’ part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. It is a small town with 6697 inhabitants, with a 20% of Roma community.

The Ecsed Marsh, which was named after the Ecsed settlement, that existed in the times of the Hungarian conquest and the Ecsed Castle, which was built in the marsh, made Nagyecsed the centre of the area. It was proven by the archeology researches that the extensive former marsh was already inhabited in the Bronze Age too. During the Hungarian conquest, Tas Chieftain had a mud castle called ‘Sárvár’ built on the emerging island of the marsh some kms further from the present town. In the mud castle the Gut-Kelend clan had a Christian monastery built in the 11^th century, of which remains can be found up to now. In 1334 Charles I permitted the Bathori family who came from the Gut-Kelend clan to build a stone castle. The Ecsed Castle was completed by 1354. In the 15th century it was the most important strength of the county. In 1490 the inhabitants of the settlement got a charter of liberation, which became the base of the development as a market town. After the failure of the Rákóczi War of Independence, the Szatmár Peace declared the destruction of the Ecsed Castle in 1711. The modern fortification, which used to have a reputation of being impregnable, was blow up. The winning power razed the area to the ground. After the destruction of the castle, the citizens of Nagyecsed did not let their rights, they litigated with the Károlyi counts for their illegally withdrawn privileges for 100 years.

From 1749 more attempts were made at the draining of the marsh. After much failure people managed to drain the huge water world from 1895 to 1898. After the drainage the increasing agricultural production set the modern development of the settlement in motion. New churches and schools were built; the lifting over pumping plant: which is in working order these days and also good for producing electricity and the railways station are also from that period. In 1965 the settlement enriched itself with a secondary grammar school.

On 1^st July, 1997 Nagyecsed got a town title again after 389 years. The town has rich and sparkling community and cultural life, many non-profit organisations and clubs are operating in the city. The Hungarian folkdance group has the aptitude for making more people acquainted with the unique recruiting dance called ‘verbunk’. A majorette group works in the town, which takes constantly part in not just the programmes of the town, but in the programmes of the surrounding settlements. The horse club regularly organizes carriage competitions and cavalcades. The Rákóczi Sport Club holds together the professional and mass sports of the town – it has football, handball, weight lifting and table tennis sections. Several cultural and musical programmes are organized in the town – carriage competitions, cavalcades, balls, town days and Christmas concerts. Nagyecsed has several natural and cultural attractions, e.g. Berey József Institute of Local History, II. Rákóczi Ferenc Cultural Centre and Library, The Reformed Great Church, botanical garden and animal shelter, monastery remains, the industrial heritage of the pumping station.

Pump station

In the last 10 years numerous buildings and institutes of the town were renewed and developments were realized with the support from EU funds: reconstruction of the water reticulation and the water treatment station, building of the wastewater and rainwater pipeline and organization of the  waste management, renovation of the cultural and community centre, the kindergarten and the elementary school, building of the new city hall, the new main square, a centre of the basic social services, a landfill and development of a health centre. The beneficiary of the KIDIN Project, Municipality of Nagyecsed has implemented more human development projects with non-profit partners. The municipality established a community centre for supporting the disadvantaged, mostly Roma inhabitants and for providing a location of the programmes.

Town from bird’s-eye view

The webpage of Nagyecsed (HU)

Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Romani Women’s Association (Nagyecsed, Hungary)

Vazdune Cherhaja Rising Stars Romani Women’s Association was established in 2014. The aim of the association is the supporting of the integration of the most disadvantaged, mostly Roma groups, with cultural, social activities and education. Its primary objective is the preservation of Hungarian and Roma traditions. The organisation is working in the area of Nagyecsed and its microregion. It has 13 members and 20 volunteers. The members have already took part in several human projects since 2010, e.g. Story Telling Mothers (development of mothers competence with non-formal learning methods), “Be together on the road” Community inclusion of the people living in extreme poverty in Nagyecsed microregion, Complex support for families in Nagyecsed microregion, Complex development of place of segregation and community development in Nagyecsed, Romano Podo Erasmus+ KA1 Youth Exchange with Gyöngyszemek Group and Asociatia Nevo Parudimos.

Nevo Parudimos Association (Reșița, Romania)

Nevo Parudimos Association is a non-profit apolitical organisation which was founded by a group of teachers, Roma activists and Roma students from Caras-Severin county, in the south-west part of Romania in 2008. The aim of the Nevo Parudimos association is to decrease the economical, social, educational and cultural differences in the society.

The activities of the association are split in more fields like: education, culture, social work, community development, human rights and youth work. Nevo Parudimos is a member of more national and international youth networks: Youth Express Network, YES Forum, Roma Civic Alliance, European Roma Youth Network. The association has already realized many Roma youth inclusion projects (Youth in action 1.2, 3.1, 4.3, EVS). The organisation has a great expertise in educational projects, has developed a guide for the youth workers which work whit Roma youngsters „9 steps in working whit Roma youngsters”. An other important area of the experiences of the NGO is the civic involvement and voluntary work which was extended from the youth department also to the social and community development departments. One of their projects being nominated as the finalist of Erste Stiftung Social Inclusion Projects Award (For a kid smile - rehabilitation of the child section of the municipal Hospital from Caransebes)

The webpage of the association (EN)

Intorduction of Oravița, Romania

Our Romanian Partner is based in Reșița, but our project is realized in Oravița. The town is situated in Caraș-Severin county. In the historical region of ’Bánság’ many races and cultures has always been living. The town has 9303 inhabitants, Romanian, German, Hungarian and Roma people are living in it. The first theatre building of Romania (Mihai Eminescu Theater) is located in the town as well.

More information in English
The website of the municipality (EN)

Mihai Eminescu Theater

INFO ROM Civic Association (Fiľakovo, Slovakia)

INFO ROM civic association was founded in November 2004. The priority aim of the association was built the safely life, mainly for Roma-populated areas, but also in the city as well. The association is a partner in the project of the Municipality of Fülek ‘Civil Guard in the marginalised community of Fülek’, which is granted by the European Social Fund. The secondary aim of the civic association is giving help for needy people whit basic foods and clothes, these activities organization still providing. The civic association has also a cross border partner called Együtt Közösen Egymásért Egyesület from Bátonyterenye Hungary. The association and its partners has organized many events since 2009, e.g. Roma Word Day, talent spotter festivals, Week of Roma Culture.

Introduction of Fiľakovo, Slovakia

Fiľakovo is located in the Banská Bystrica Region of south-central Slovakia. It has 10 450 inhabitants, most of them are Hungarian and Roma. The town has a very rich history. It was first mentioned in a written document in the first half of the 13th century. It received township rights as Oppidum Fylek in 1423. Its destiny was intertwined with the historical events of the castle; bloody battles, devastating fires, epidemics and later, revitalization, various cultures and nice traditions. Each century had its characteristics.

Fiľakovo Castle

In the 16th century Fiľakovo was the Ottoman Empire's only sanjak (county) seat that is in Slovakia's current territory. The 17th century was the golden age of the town, when it became the trade and intellectual centre of the region. Castles and mansions were built in the 18th and 19th centuries. The catholic church and the monastery were rebuilt. The enamel factory was built in the beginning of the 20th century, bringing important change for the town and its surroundings.

In the beginning of the 21st century the city authorities are trying to implement their ideas on development and welcome visitors with sufficient offerings. The castle and the street leading up to it have been updated, a Castle Museum opened and improved services also serve the comfort of the visitors.

The Novohrad Region Tourist Information Center enables visitors to get information on the attractions of the Novohrad-Nógrád Geopark, which includes three small regions of (Abroncsos, Vilkei-tavak, Medves Mikroregion).

The webpage of Fiľakovo (EN)

Zamojskie Voluntary Service Association (Zamość, Poland)

Zamojskie Voluntary Service Association was established in 2002. The main goal of the association is to promote voluntary service in Lubelskie region and coordination of voluntary actions. They are cooperating with high schools and university voluntary clubs. They are promoting international cooperation in frames of voluntary service (Youth in action, Polish-German Youth Cooperation, Polish Lithuanian Youth Fund). From 2008 the NGO are coordinating the project “Restoring to the local community through care. Polish-German Partnership for the Improvement of Life for the People of the Zamojszczyzna Region Afflicted by the Third Reich” financed by the Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation in Berlin and carried out as a part of the programme “Aiding the readiness to help – international partnerships for helping the senior citizens in East-Central Europe and Israel”. The association has experiences in the field of youth exchange, non-formal education, project evaluation, trainings for trainers, seminars and other events.

The webpage of the association

Introduction of Zamość, Poland

City centre of  Zamość

Zamość is a city in south eastern Poland, situated in the southern part of Lublin Voivodship, the population is around 67 000. Zamość was founded in 1580 by the Chancellor and Hetman (head of the army of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth), Jan Zamoyski, on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea. Modelled on Italian trading cities, and built during the Baroque period by the Padovani architect Bernardo Morando, Zamość remains a perfect example of a Renaissance town of the late 16th century. It retains its original street layout, fortifications (Zamość Fortress) and a large number of original buildings blending Italian and central European architectural traditions. The most historic buildings are located in the Old Town. The historical centre of Zamość was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992, following a decision of the sixteenth ordinary session of the World Heritage Committee, held between 7 and 14 December 1992 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States.

More information in English

The webpage of the municipality

Town from bird’s-eye view