Bastion VII & Fortress Underground Route
Bastion VII / Nadszaniec
Zamość's best-preserved fortress bastion, Bastion VII. Walk into the underground gun galleries and passages, with the Old Lwów Gate right beside it.
Zamość was built as a fortress from the start. Its seven-sided bastion walls of the 16th and 17th centuries once held off Cossack and Swedish sieges. Bastion VII at the southeast corner of the old town, along with the outer Nadszaniec fortification, has been restored and opened as an underground tour. Visitors can walk through brick gun galleries, tunnels and artillery bunkers to learn about the fortress's defenses. In summer, costumed reenactments and cannon demonstrations are common. The Old Lwów Gate (Stara Brama Lwowska) next door is one of the original city gates. Visits run in timed sessions with a guide and take about 40 to 60 minutes. The Nadszaniec also has craft and local product shops.
Opening hours
About 10:00am–6:00pm; tours run by session (check on site)
Nearby sights
- Church of the Annunciation (Franciscan Church)
- Zamość Synagogue
- Armenian Houses & Zamość Museum
- Zamość Town Hall
- Great Market Square
- Zamoyski Academy
- Zamość Cathedral
- Zamoyski Palace