Zamość. Nowa Brama Lubelska through time

Zamość 1905–2014 21 photos of this spot

21 photographs taken at the same spot in Zamość, spanning 1905–2014 — 17 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

An entrance to the fortified town of Zamość, Poland, photographed in 1905.

EU: Zamość. Entrance to the City (1905) 1905 An entrance to the fortified town of Zamość, Poland, photographed in 1905.

EU: Zamość, ul. Droga Męczenników Rotundy. Rotunda (1905) 1905 The Rotunda on Droga Męczenników Rotundy street in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 1905.

EU: Zamość, Rynek Wielki 13. Ratusz (1905) 1905 Photographed in 1905, this image shows the town hall on Zamość's Rynek Wielki (Great Market Square), the centerpiece of a Renaissance 'ideal city' laid out in the late 16th century.

EU: Zamość. Architecture fragments (1905) 1905 This 1905 photograph documents architectural fragments in Zamość, Poland, a Renaissance town laid out in the late 16th century by chancellor Jan Zamoyski.

EU: Zamość, ul. Academic 1. Palace (1912) 1912 A palace building on ulica Akademicka in Zamość is shown in this 1912 photograph. Zamość was laid out in the late sixteenth century as an ideal Renaissance town, and its historic core, including buildings along this street, still reflected that original planning.

EU: Zamość. City views (1912) 1912 A 1912 view of Zamość, Poland, the Renaissance town founded in 1580 by chancellor Jan Zamoyski and designed by Italian architect Bernardo Morando as an example of an ideal fortified city.

EU: Zamość, ul. Academic 6-8. Former district starosty. Former seat of the Zamość Academy (1912) 1912 This 1912 photograph shows a building on Akademicka Street in Zamość, Poland, which once served as a district administrative seat and earlier housed the Zamość Academy, founded in 1594.

EU: Zamość, ul. Staszica 1. Church Annunciations of the Blessed Virgin Mary (1912) 1912 The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Staszica Street in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 1912, within the Renaissance old town laid out at the end of the 16th century.

EU: Zamość, ul. Szczebrzeska 5. Szczebrzeska Gate 1925 The Szczebrzeska Gate on ulica Szczebrzeska is shown in this 1925 photograph from Zamość, a fortified Renaissance town in eastern Poland.

EU: Zamość, Pl. Jan Zamoyski. New Lublin Gate 1925 The New Lublin Gate at Jan Zamoyski Square appears in this 1925 photograph from Zamość, part of the town's original Renaissance-era fortifications.

EU: Akademia Zamojska (1930) 1930 The Zamość Academy building in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 1930. Founded in 1594, it was one of the earliest institutions of higher learning established in the country.

EU: Bożnica in Zamość. (1930) 1930 The synagogue in Zamość, Poland, pictured in 1930. Built in the early seventeenth century in a Renaissance style, it served the city's Jewish community for centuries before the Second World War.

EU: Zamość (woj. lubelskie). Rynek (1939) 1939 The market square, or Rynek, in Zamość, Poland, seen in 1939. Zamość was laid out in the late 16th century as an ideal Renaissance town, and its old town is now protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

EU: Zamość (woj. lubelskie). Ratusz (1939) 1939 The town hall, or Ratusz, in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 1939. The Renaissance building anchors the town's central market square and remains one of its best-known landmarks.

EU: Zamość (woj. lubelskie). Widok z wieży ratuszowej na miasto (1939) 1939 A view over the rooftops of Zamość, Poland, taken from the town hall tower in 1939. The photograph looks out across the town's Renaissance-era old quarter, laid out in the late 16th century according to a single unified plan.

EU: Zamość. Ul. Staszica z widokiem na Kampanillę Kolegiaty (1939) 1939 Staszica Street in Zamość, Poland, with the bell tower of the Collegiate Church visible in the distance, photographed in 1939, within the Renaissance old town built to a plan drawn up in the 1580s.

EU: Zamość, ul. Basilian Greek Catholic Church. Church Saint. Nicholas (1944) 1944 The Greek Catholic Church of St. Nicholas on Basiliańska Street in Zamość, photographed in 1944. Zamość was laid out in the late 16th century as a planned Renaissance town in southeastern Poland and long housed both Roman and Greek Catholic parishes side by side.

Zamość. Kościół św. Katarzyny 2014 The Church of St. Catherine in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 2014. Zamość's historic center, built in the late 16th century in the Renaissance style, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Zamość. Dawna Akademia Zamoyskich 8 2014 The former Zamoyski Academy in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 2014. Founded in 1594 by Jan Zamoyski, it was one of the earliest institutions of higher learning in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the town's Renaissance old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Zamość. Nowa Brama Lubelska 2014 The New Lublin Gate in Zamość, Poland, seen in 2014. Zamość was built in the late 16th century as an ideal Renaissance town, and its fortified old quarter is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Zamość. Pałac Zamoyskiego 05 2014 The Zamoyski Palace in Zamość, Poland, photographed in 2014. Built for the family who founded the town, it stands within the Renaissance-era old town at the heart of the UNESCO-listed city center.