Thursday, August 23, 2012

Zamo艣膰





After another nice breakfast with Aunt Bola, Joan and I left for our hour and a half trip south to Zamo艣膰.  Route 17 had work being done on it for the first half hour we were on it but after that it was an easy drive. We arrived about 11:30AM, parked and walked up ul. Stasicka to the rynek.  It's beautiful.  The town hall is impressive with it's two wing winding staircase and all of the buildings surrounding the 100 meter square rynek have been renovated and painted. At first the Town Hall was a single story building decorated with arcades. A thorough redevelopment was done in 1639 and made into a three story with attic building. The square seems larger than Pozna艅's square and really is beautiful.

We sat for an hour drinking coffee just looking at everything and then decided we had to get a present for Aunt Bola from Zamo艣膰. Joan chose two porcelain mugs with lillies of the valley hand painted on them.  It's the least we could do for all of her hospitality to two complete strangers.

After visiting the rynek and some of the ancient gates that opened to the city we walked to the cathedral and at first it seemed we couldn't see it inside because of the renovation going on the outside.  That proved to be wrong because we found the museum of the sacristy opened and from there we saw the side door open to the cathedral.

The cathedral itself dates back to 1587 and completed in 1598. It was founded by Jan Zamoyski, also founder of the city.Next to it is a 47 meter high belfry erected in 1755 and under renovation now. The sacristy was interesting because of all the beautiful, original, clothing that hangs in many cases.

From there we walked up ul.Akadamicka to the Zamoyski palace but it was nothing like the one in Koz艂贸wka because the city was in charge of it and it was just a huge office building that needed repairs on the outside and people were living in some of the apartments.

Next we headed the the Zamek Fortress, once one of the most pwowerful and modern strongholds of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It was completed in 1618. It has 9 metre-wide walls with seven bastions that once were equipped with canons. From one of the bastions you can get a good view of the old city. Inside are statues of men wearing the old uniforms.

We spent most of the day there then went back to Lublin to the old square to have dinner and we were actually able to find our way this time back to Aunt Bola's place. Tomorrow we end our stay in Lublin and head to  Rzesz贸w for the night before visiting 艁a艅cut palace on Saturday.

Po kolejnym dobre 艣niadanie z cioci膮 Bola, Joan i ja wyjecha艂 do naszego godzin臋 i p贸艂 po艂udniu wycieczka do Zamo艣cia. Route 17 mia艂y prac臋 wykonywan膮 na nim przez pierwsze p贸艂 godziny byli艣my na nim, ale po to, 偶e by艂 艂atwy jazdy. Dotarli艣my oko艂o 11:30, zaparkowa艂 i ruszy艂 ul. Staszcka do rynek. To jest pi臋kne. Ratusz jest imponuj膮ca z to dwa skrzyd艂a i kr臋te schody wszystkie budynki wok贸艂 100 metr kwadratowy Rynku zosta艂y odnowione i pomalowane. Pocz膮tkowo Ratusz by艂 jeden budynek historia ozdobiona arkadami. Gruntowna przebudowa zosta艂a wykonana w 1639 roku i przekszta艂cony w trzy opowie艣ci z poddasza budynku. Wydaje si臋 wi臋kszy ni偶 kwadrat placu Poznania i jest naprawd臋 pi臋kna.

Usiedli艣my na godziny picia kawy po prostu patrz膮c na wszystko, a nast臋pnie postanowi艂 musieli艣my dosta膰 prezent dla cioci Bola z Zamo艣cia. Joan wybra艂em dwa porcelanowe kubki z lillies od strony doliny namalowane na nich. Przynajmniej mo偶emy zrobi膰 dla wszystkich jej go艣cinno艣膰 do dw贸ch zupe艂nie obcych.

Po zwiedzeniu Rynku i niekt贸re z dawnych bram otwieranych do miasta poszli艣my do katedry i na pocz膮tku wydawa艂o si臋, 偶e nie mogli艣my zobaczy膰 go w 艣rodku z powodu remontu dzieje na zewn膮trz. To okaza艂o si臋 by膰 b艂臋dne, poniewa偶 okaza艂o si臋, 偶e muzeum zakrystii otwarte i stamt膮d widzieli艣my boczne drzwi otwarte do katedry.

Sama katedra si臋ga 1587 i zako艅czono w 1598. Zosta艂 za艂o偶ony przez Jana Zamoyskiego, tak偶e za艂o偶yciela city.Next do niego jest 47-metrowa dzwonnica wzniesiona w 1755 roku w trakcie remontu teraz. Zakrystia by艂a ciekawa, poniewa偶 wszystkie pi臋kne, oryginalne, odzie偶, kt贸ry wisi w wielu przypadkach.

Stamt膮d chodzili艣my ul.Akadamicka do pa艂acu Zamoyskich, ale to by艂o nic jak to, w Koz艂贸wce, poniewa偶 miasto by艂o za niego i to by艂o po prostu ogromny biurowiec, 偶e potrzebne remonty na zewn膮trz i ludzie 偶yli w niekt贸rych apartament贸w.

Dalej udali艣my si臋 na Zamek Forteca, niegdy艣 jedna z najbardziej pwowerful i nowoczesnych twierdz polsko-litewskiej Rzeczypospolitej. Zosta艂 uko艅czony w 1618. Ma 9 metr贸w szeroko艣ci 艣ciany z siedmioma bastionami, kt贸re kiedy艣 by艂y wyposa偶one kanon贸w. Z jednej z baszt mo偶na dosta膰 dobry widok na stare miasto. Wewn膮trz s膮 pos膮gi kobiet nosz膮cych stare mundury.Sp臋dzili艣my wi臋kszo艣膰 dni tam nast臋pnie wr贸ci艂 do Lublina na starym placu na kolacj臋 i byli艣my naprawd臋 stanie znale藕膰 drog臋, tym razem z powrotem do miejsca, w Aunt Bola. Jutro ko艅czymy nasz pobyt w Lublinie i g艂owy do Rzeszowa na noc przed wizyt膮 艁a艅cucie Pa艂ac w sobot臋.