The Old Town complex (16th/17th cc.) is placed on UNESCO's World Heritage list. The city's urban layout was designed to copy the plans of an ideal Italian urban pattern. Zamość is the best-preserved Renaissance town in Poland. It has retained its attic-topped burgher houses, magnificent town hall, churches, and fortifications from the 16th and 19th centuries. >>>>
The Old Town has preserved its medieval urban layout with many churches, burgher houses and gates. The Lublin royal castle's showpiece is the Holy Trinity chapel (14th c.) with the unique Russo-Byzantine frescoes. many museums. The suburban skansen presents old rural architecture and collections of artifacts from the region between the Vistula and the Bug River. >>>>
Kazimierz Dolny, the jewel of Polish Renaissance, combines splendid architecture with beautiful landscape. It attracts both tourists and artists. You can listen to music concerts in its parish church from 1620, admire Renaissance burgher houses, ruins of the Gothic royal castle, Renaissance granaries from the turn of the 16th century, visit the Jewish cemetery, or take a ferry and see the remains of the Janowiec castle on the other side of the Vistula. The June Festival of Folk Bands and Singers is only one of the many cultural events held at Kazimierz. >>>>
The former twin-towered 18th century cathedral, St John the Baptist Church from the turn of the 18th century and the ruins of the bishops' palace are the major historical building of Janów Podlaski. In the Wygoda village, 3 kilometers away, is Poland's oldest (est. in 1817) stud farm with approx. 500 individuals, specializing in rearing of thoroughbred Arab horses. The elegant stable complex (19th c.) can be visited. The farm has its own burial grounds for horses. The annual national show of Arab thoroughbreds and the famous international auction is organized in August. >>>>
The baroque palace of the Zamoyski family at Kozłówka belongs to the best-preserved magnate residences in Poland. The palace museum features a wealth of diverse objets d'art, and the palace outbuildings house a permanent socialistrealist art gallery. A stroll through the geometric park with the Napoleonic soldiers' grave and a beautiful fountain may be an extra experience. >>>>
The city has old Catholic and Orthodox churches. The most noteworthy is the Piarist Church from the 18th century. On the Cathedral Mountain stands the former Uniate church surrounded by a complex of religious buildings that were once a bishops' palace and a monastery. Chełm's star attraction is its underground chalk tunnels that run under the city for 2 kilometers at the depth of 27 meters and create a unique tourist route. The route leads through an array of the old chalk passages hewn out by hand. >>>>
The city's old urban layout with baroque market stands is quite well-preserved. Many religious building of different faiths. Late-baroque St Louis' Church (18th c.) with rococo interiors. Another late-baroque building is that of the former great synagogue which now houses the Łęczyńsko- Włodawskie Lakeland Museum with a nice collection of Jewish religious and cultural objects. >>>>
