The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community’s efforts to protect and preserve World Heritage partnerships for conservation Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development Our Partners Donate Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Centre information Zamosc was founded in the 16th century by the chancellor Jan Zamoysky on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea Modelled on Italian theories of the 'ideal city' and built by the architect Bernando Morando Zamosc is a perfect example of a late-16th-century Renaissance town It has retained its original layout and fortifications and a large number of buildings that combine Italian and central European architectural traditions La ville a été fondée au XVIe siècle par le chancelier Jan Zamoysky sur la route commerciale reliant l'Europe de l'Ouest et du Nord à la mer Noire Conçue sur le modèle des théories italiennes de la ville idéale et construite par l'architecte Bernando Morando Zamosc reste un parfait exemple d'une ville Renaissance de la fin du XVIe siècle qui a conservé son plan d'origine ses fortifications et un grand nombre de bâtiments où se mêlent les traditions architecturales de l'Italie et celles de l'Europe centrale أنشأ رئيس الحكومة جان زامويسكي هذه المدينة في القرن السادس عشر على الطريق التجاري الذي يصل أوروبا الغربية والشمالية بالبحر الاسود تبقى زاموسك، التي شُيّدت على نموذج النظريات الايطالية عن المدينة المثالية والتي بناها المهندس برناندو موراندو البادوفي، المثال الأهم لمدينة عصر النهضة في أواخر القرن السادس عشر والتي حافظت على تصميمها الأصلي وعلى تحصيناتها وعلى عددٍ كبيرٍ من الأبنية حيث تتداخل التقاليد الهندسيّة الايطاليّة مع تلك التي تعود الى اوروبا الوسطى 公元16世纪，军事将领简·扎莫希奇建立了扎莫希奇古城。古城位于黑海地区连接西欧和北欧的商贸道路上。古城以意大利的“理想城市”理论为雏型，由帕多瓦当地的建筑大师波南多·莫兰多设计建造，是16世纪晚期文艺复兴城镇的完美范例。扎莫希奇古城完美地保留了16世纪末具有文艺复兴时期风格城镇的最初风貌和要塞堡垒，与此同时还保留了大量的、充分体现意大利与中欧建筑风格完美结合的建筑物。 связывающем Западную и Северную Европу с Черным морем Спроектированный в соответствии с итальянскими теориями «идеального города» и построенный архитектором Бернандо Морандо Замосць стал совершенным примером города эпохи Возрождения конца XVI в Он сохранил оригинальную планировку и укрепления в которых сочетаются итальянские и центрально-европейские архитектурные традиции Fundada en el siglo XVI por el canciller Jan Zamoysky en un punto de la ruta comercial que unía el oeste y el norte de Europa con el Mar Negro Zamość fue construida por el arquitecto paduano Bernardo Morando con arreglo a los principios italianos de la ciudad ideal Zamość es un ejemplo perfecto de ciudad renacentista de finales del siglo XVI que ha conservado su trazado primigenio sus fortificaciones y un gran número de edificios en los que se mezclan los estilos arquitectónicos tradicionales de Italia y Europa central Old City of Zamość in southeastern Poland is an outstanding example of a late 16th-century Central European town designed and built in accordance with Italian Renaissance theories on the creation of “ideal” cities This innovative approach to town planning was the result of a very close cooperation between the town’s enlightened founder and the distinguished Italian architect Bernardo Morando The Old City of Zamość today retains its original rectilinear street plan and its unique blend of Italian and Central European architectural traditions as well as parts of its encircling fortifications Located on the trade route linking western and northern Europe with the Black Sea Zamość was conceived as a trade-based economic centre From the outset it was intended to be multinational and had a high level of religious tolerance It became the tangible reflection of the social and cultural ideas of the Renaissance as exemplified by the establishment of a university (Zamość Academy) by Jan Zamoyski His architect Bernardo Morando’s city plan combined the functions of a residential palace all in accordance with Renaissance concepts The Old City of Zamość has two distinct sections: on the west is the Zamoyski palace located at the junction of the town’s two main axial streets is enclosed by arcaded merchants’ houses and anchored by a magnificent Town Hall These and many other notable structures such as the cathedral and fortification gates illustrate a key feature of this great undertaking: a creative enhancement realized through the incorporation of artistic achievements attained in local architecture The consistent implementation of Morando’s plan over time has resulted in a stylistically homogeneous urban composition with a high level of architectural and landscape values Criterion (iv): Zamość is an oustanding example of a Renaissance planned town of the late 16th century which retains its original layout and fortifications and a large number of buildings of particular interest blending Italian and Central European architectural traditions The Old City of Zamość is an integral and complete example of a private Renaissance town established anew Within its boundaries are located all the elements necessary to sustain the Outstanding Universal Value of the 75.03 ha property including its distinctive rectilinear urban layout with its compositional and functional axes and the network of streets and squares together with buildings illustrating the fusion of Italian and Central European architectural traditions and the surviving system of fortifications with gates encircling the city The property does not suffer from adverse effects of development and/or neglect Since the modern town of Zamość grew for the most part outside the old fortifications and having escaped the vast destruction suffered by many other Polish towns during the Second World War the Old City of Zamość today exhibits a high degree of authenticity particularly regarding its location and setting The property’s authenticity is evidenced in the conservation of its original urban layout filled with building blocks along with all its key buildings: the founder’s residence the Academy (still serving as an educational institution) churches and places of worship representing various religions (constituting symbols of tolerance) and the town’s surviving system of fortifications Minor modifications carried out in the Baroque period did not disrupt the basic structure and composition of the Renaissance town; on the contrary The greatest changes to the Renaissance-era layout were introduced in the first half of the 19th century when the town was designated as a strategic state-owned fortress In spite of some demolitions and reductions in architectural detail the fundamental internal structure of the town was not affected was modernized using the latest military technical solutions of the time Some elements of the urban infrastructure – the ground transport infrastructure and localised utilities – are of particular concern and may be vulnerable unless planning policies and guidance are rigorously and consistently applied The Old City of Zamość is subject to the highest level of legal protection both at the national level through its inclusion in the National Heritage Register and its status as a Monument of History and at the local level through local spatial development plans The property – which is located within a contemporary town that serves as a local administrative and cultural centre – is under the authority of the local government Issues related to the protection of the historic area come under the authority of a special department operating within the structures of the municipal council and regional bodies of the national monument protection services In order to enhance the conservation of the property a buffer zone (214.91 ha) has been outlined along with details concerning the division of the property and its buffer zone into structural units determining both their purpose and the rules for their protection are recorded in the town planning register now deals with a massive influx of refugees fleeing the fighting in Ukraine Poland] With the Ukrainian conflict entering its second week the fighting has only intensified and those bearing the brunt of the conflict are The United Nations estimates that 600,000 people have already been displaced by the conflict One locality that is having to deal with this new wave of migration is the scenic city of Zamość in southeast Poland which is more accustomed to hosting tourists than refugees Local municipal officials say they have already taken 2,000 displaced persons from Ukraine a lot of pillows and everything [for them] We are not going to charge them anything,” explains Katarzkya Fornal-Urbanczyk who previously worked on environmental and tourism issues was not expecting to have to deal with this crisis “When they are coming with nothing … we have provided everything … Some of our restaurants have stopped serving food to customers and are now preparing food for the refugees.” One of the restaurants providing help is Padwa a traditional establishment in the historic center of the city the town of Zamość and its 65,000 residences have strong connections across the border I talked with my mother yesterday and she said Kharkiv is getting destroyed now,” a local resident told us “They have a train ticket to come here And my father in Kharkiv has to stay because he is only 55 years old Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ordered a general military mobilization and banned all male citizens ages 18 to 60 from leaving the country according to the State Border Guard Service Although most of the refugees fleeing into Poland are of Ukrainian descent the fact that the conflict erupted so quickly has also trapped people of many other nationalities a Syrian father of three who has recently fled to Poland following the fighting in Ukraine we decided to escape from Ukraine,” says Ahmed With Russian forces advancing on the capital Kyiv shelling occurring in the eastern city of Kharkiv and ongoing efforts to capture the Black Sea port of Odesa in the south many more people will certainly flee the conflict … I don’t know anything about how to help in a war … but when our mayor asked us to help Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker the Zamosc area had hosted a German Patriot air defense system earlier in the year deployed by the Luftwaffe as officially announced Cookies allow us to understand how you use this site and improve your experience. Our detailed Cookie Policy can be found here By continuing to use this website you accept our use of cookies Mandatory cookies help make this website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website Our website cannot function properly without these cookies Statistic cookies help us understand how visitors interact with this website for example seeing which pages are most popular This information is collected anonymously and helps us improve the site by making the most sought after information easy to find Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites allowing the display of ads that are relevant and engaging for the visitor Whilst we do not display any advertising on the WJC website allowing marketing cooking may allow other sites to see that you have visited our site Essential digital access to quality FT journalism on any device Complete digital access to quality FT journalism with expert analysis from industry leaders Complete digital access to quality analysis and expert insights complemented with our award-winning Weekend Print edition Terms & Conditions apply Discover all the plans currently available in your country See why over a million readers pay to read the Financial Times 2011The refurbishing of the synagogue in Zamosc an eastern Polish town near the border with Ukraine comes as Poland's tiny remaining Jewish community is struggling to preserve some of the most important Jewish sites that survived the Holocaust before they fall into irreversible decay MISSOULA - Despite thousands of miles between them Rotary Clubs in Poland and Missoula came together on Tuesday While the language might have been different the organizations discussed one goal — supporting Ukraine Gathered around two televisions in the Florence Building members of the Downtown Centennial Rotary Club met with members of the Zamosc Rotary Club The groups shared stories via Zoom with the help of interpreters explaining what kind of charitable work they normally do and why they’re reaching out to each other now Zamosc Rotary members explained they’re located just 40 miles outside of the Ukrainian border right in the path of receiving many Ukrainian refugees they need the support of Missoula’s Rotary Club Missoula is responding to that call for help as the Downtown Centennial Rotary Club has already raised $9,000 to support their counterparts in Poland “It starts here in Missoula and goes abroad and it's exciting to be a part of it from our club in downtown Missoula to Zamosc Poland and trying to help those people in Ukraine and hopefully it's just the beginning of providing funds and support for this resource,” said Downtown Centennial Rotary Club President Paraic Neibergs At a ceremony attended by leaders of the Jewish community in Poland representatives of international Jewish organizations including the World Jewish Congress the 17th century Renaissance synagogue in the Polish city of Zamosc was re-consecrated World Jewish Congress Research Director Laurence Weinbaum noted that the refurbished house of worship represented "a poignant symbol of the triumphs and tragedies of Polish Jewry and a model example of Jewish landmark restoration." Zamosc is regarded by art historians as one of Europe’s most precious examples of the Renaissance ideal city which is considered one of the most spectacular monuments of Jewish heritage in Poland and the only Renaissance-era synagogue in the country was restored by the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland "Our goal is to transform the synagogue into a modern cultural institution that will serve both visitors to Zamosc and the local society," declared Monika Krawczyk the technical condition of the synagogue was terrible and the foundation immediately carried out crucial renovations to secure the historical structure We also developed a revitalization scheme for the building and launched efforts to acquire the necessary funds." She called the work and act of 'tikkun olam' (which means 'healing the world' in Hebrew) They accounted for 45 per cent of the city's total population Most of them perished in the Nazi death camps Belzec and Sobibor the German occupiers used the vaulted interior of the synagogue as a stable and carpentry workshop and after the war it served as the local library as the Jewish community of Zamosc was not re-established said today that he hoped that the synagogue would be “a Jewish place that will serve the city so that in some way the dialogue that we had for 900 years can be continued.” He added that the Zamosc synagogue was “a kind of small bridge,”noting the positive current relations between Poland and Israel Israeli Knesset member Issac Herzog recalled his own family's connection with Zamosc and the fact that his ancestors from Italy had been among its early builders "This is a victory against those who desecrated this house of worship," he said Among the speakers was the city's mayor Marcin Zamoyski a descendent of hetman Jan Zamoyski who established the city in and invited Sephardic Jews to settle there in 1588 He recalled the days before the partition of Poland in the 18th century when the city was known both for its beauty and the cohabitation of people of many nationalities and religions Laurence Weinbaum also expressed disappointment at the changes in the policy of the Polish government which "despite its admirable and unwavering friendship for Israel has slowed the process of restitution of communal property and rejected the promises made by successive governments to reach some arrangement on the issue of private property Poland's post-Communist government appears to be adopting the approach taken by its Communist predecessors: rejecting its moral and material responsibility," Weinbaum said For this project the Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland obtained grants from Iceland The foundation was set up the World Jewish Restitution Organization (WJRO) of which the World Jewish Congress is the founding member and which is chaired by WJC President Ronald Lauder It is run as a partnership between the WRJO and the Polish Jewish community An International research conference on the ‘History and Culture of the Jews in Zamosc and the Zamosc Region’ was held in the synagogue following the re-consecration ceremony It marked the start of a multi-year research project devoted to the Jews of Zamosc The long term plan is for the synagogue to become the signature landmark of a whole Chassidic Route dedicated to highlighting the region's Jewish heritage and the ethnic composition was probably similar Most of the Jews in Izbica were poor craftsmen and traders After the war broke out, the town was captured by the Germans, then handed over to the Red Army, but after the border was changed, it was again under German rule [3] The town is surrounded by hills on three sides the proximity of railway lines and the domination of the Jewish population the occupiers chose Izbica as a transit ghetto the Czech Republic and Slovakia were brought to Izbica Then they were transported to the death camps in Bełżec (in operation from March 1942) and Sobibór (in operation from May 1942) The first train with Jews from Theresienstadt arrived in Izbica on March 11 or 13 (sources give different dates) 1942 Theresienstadt (Terezin) was a ghetto for specially selected Jews established by the Germans in an old Austrian fortress in the occupied Czech Republic Polish Jews from the vicinity of Krasnystaw and Zamość were also resettled to Izbica “The 'houses' are mainly made of wood and clay and consist of one or two 'rooms'. Everything dirty and infested. Several houses have the luxury of beds, tables, chairs or cabinets," wrote Ernst Krombach, deported from Essen, Germany, to his girlfriend Marianne Strauss in August 1942. "It is a city of cave huts with many hiding places that would be an absolute paradise for scout groups"[4] Tomasz Blatt (Thomas "Toivi" Blatt) was brought up in Izbica He later was a prisoner of Sobibór and one of the last surviving participants of the uprising in this extermination camp in October 1943 (he died in 2015 at the age of 88) Refugees from Koło were accommodated in our house in Izbica. The canteen manager got a letter from his son; he said they were gassing people in Chełmno. My parents didn't believe it, they laughed at it. We already knew later. In mid-1942, everyone knew that the train was coming, the wagons were open, there would be a round-up tomorrow or today. [5] Izbica was constantly overcrowded. The inhabitants lived in dugouts and mud huts, even a dozen or so people lived in one room. They suffered from hunger and a typhus epidemic caused by extremely poor sanitary conditions. There were no medicines or a hospital, a people’s kitchen gave out one meal a day in the form of half a liter of liquid considered "soup" [6] the disastrous living conditions weakened the prisoners and made it easier for the Germans to transport them to extermination camps later The Jews of Western Europe were completely unaware of where they would go and what would happen to them. Polish Jews, whose friends had been deported earlier, knew more[7]. Czech and German Jews, who did not speak Yiddish, established their own Judenrat (Jewish Council) and the Order Service, as a result of which these institutions in the ghetto were duplicated and competed with each other[8] all Izbica Jews were to be sent to Bełżec or Sobibór Tomasz Blatt was passing near the camp in Bełżec: We drove to Bełżec, although I was not aware of it. I noticed people closing windows, smoking cigarettes. What is? "This is Bełżec, this is Bełżec" – I heard. I could see a flame through the window, like a fire. I didn't know what was on fire because the fences were masked with young fir trees. Cigarettes were smoked so as not to smell the bodies. [9] it was the ghetto in Izbica that was visited in the fall of 1942 by Jan Karski there is an erroneous information that he visited the death camp in Bełżec) Karski met with representatives of Jewish political parties Leon Feiner from Bund and Adolf Berman from Poale Zion Left Feiner also helped him organize the entrance to the transit camp in Izbica Karski came by cart to a shopkeeper cooperating with the Polish Home Army who lived near Izbica He changed into the uniform that had previously belonged to a Ukrainian guard who had escaped from an SS unit and with the help of another bribed Ukrainian “Can you somehow get away from here?,” I asked “No kidding. You don't run away from here...” [10] Karski and his guide easily crossed the gates of the camp The Ukrainian explained that he sometimes helped Jews leave Izbica for a high fee and tried to introduce Karski to the details of what he called "business" He sat naked on the ground and rocked back and forth rhythmically His eyes sparkled and his eyelids blinked incessantly The crowd pulsed with some insane rhythm. They screamed, waved their arms, argued and cursed. They probably knew that they would soon go into the unknown, and fear, hunger and thirst intensified the feeling of uncertainty and animal anxiety. (...) Those who came here were mainly the inhabitants of the ghettos, who had nothing already... [11] Soon the Germans and the Ukrainians began to drive the emaciated Jews to the wagons of the train (...) I witnessed scenes that I will remember for the rest of my life. I was not a good observer. I wanted to run away a few times, but I had nowhere to go. With all my will, I tried to remain calm. (...) [12] a freight wagon was intended for eight horses or forty soldiers in transit one hundred people without any luggage could be accommodated in the car The Germans ordered to pack one hundred and thirty people but they were still cramming an additional ten they smashed people blindly with their butts some of the Jews climbed up on the shoulders and heads of those already inside From the depths of the wagon came some howl and roar of damnation After one hundred and forty people had been crammed in, the guards proceeded to close the door. They were heavy, made of wood upholstered with iron. They crushed outward limbs amid screams of pain. After sliding the door closed, it was secured with an iron bar and bolted. [13] asked for vodka and slept for a day and a half Karski handed over another of his reports to the Polish government in London Foreign Minister Edward Raczyński sent a diplomatic note on the extermination of Jews to the governments of 26 countries that signed the United Nations Declaration the Joint Declaration of Members of the United Nations was created – the document was published in the international press and presented to the British parliament In the Declaration the Allied states reported that Germany was implementing Hitler's plan to exterminate the Jews in Europe mentioning the likely hundreds of thousands of victims Poland was mentioned as a place where the Germans "slaughter" Jews (Karski used the term "death camp" and gave the names of the Bełżec and Treblinka camps in the BBC broadcast in 1943 in which he talked about the Izbica ghetto.) The Allies also promised to severely punish those responsible for the Holocaust Over 26,000 people passed through the Izbica ghetto. Only 14 pre-war Jewish inhabitants of the town survived[17] [1] Izbica. Historia społeczności [Izbica. History of the community], https://sztetl.org.pl/pl/miejscowosci/i/668-izbica/99-historia-spolecznosci/137381-historia-spolecznosci [2] Ibid [3] Basic information about the town and the ghetto follows the article: Jakub Chmielewski, Izbica jako przykład getta tranzytowego (1942-1943) [Izbica as an example of a transit ghetto (1942-1943)] „Kwartalnik Historii Żydów” [Jewish History Quarterly] no [4] Izbica, educational materials of the Museum and Memorial in Bełżec, http://www.belzec.eu/media/files/pages/247/izbica_pol.pdf [5] Tomasz Blatt, Nie ma się czym chwalić [Nothing to brag about], interviewed by Maciej Foks and Tomasz Sudoł, „Pamięć” no. 1 (34)/2015, p. 16, online: https://www.polska1918-89.pl/pdf/nie-ma-sie-czym-chwalic,1341.pdf [6] J [7] Ibid. [8] Ibid [9] T [10] Jan Karski [11] Ibid. [12] Ibid. [13] Ibid. [14] J [15] J [16] Ibid. [17] J Yitshkok Leybush Peretz was born on 18 May 1852 in Zamość as the second child of Yehuda Peretz (1825–1898) but most of them hadn’t survived until adulthood sent to Gdańsk down the Vistula river The writer remembered him as a liberal the family maintained contact with the non-Jewish world The writer’s family home was deeply religious but with a certain cosmopolitan atmosphere with portraits of Napoleon III and his wife empress Eugenia on the walls According to the custom of the time Peretz received traditional religious education with a genius potential – he began to study the Torah at the age of 3, and the Gemara – at the age of 7. While studying in yeshivas in Zamość and Szczebrzeszyn (he probably hadn’t completed his education in either of them) he discovered the works of Maimonides and the kabbalists he began to learn Russian and German from private tutors who appreciated the significance of secular education wanted to send his son to gymnasium Peretz spend his youth mostly on intensive secular self-education mostly in Polish; his favourite subjects were sciences he began to fall in love with literature His greatest fascination was Heinrich Heine Probably it was the moment in which he discovered his own literary interests in the manor belonging to his Polonised family he wrote his first poems in Polish The choice of language wasn’t accidental – since the national uprising in 1863 Peretz declared himself as a Polish patriot We prayed long for success of the second uprising” anti-Semitism painfully challenged his patriotic feelings a daughter of a famous and rich maskil Gabriel Jehuda Lichtenfeld (1811–1887) Peretz wasn’t successful with his business; he lost his distillery he experienced a deep crisis of faith He gave up on his lifestyle and way of dressing he also burned his pious wife’s wig in a furnace His ex-father-in-law encouraged him to write in Hebrew he published his first volume of poems in this language but soon he had to deal with a disappointment Unable to support himself with royalties for works published in the Hebrew press Peretz gave up writing and returned to Zamość he married Helen (Nacham Rachel) Ringelhejm (1857–1938) well-read young woman from a wealthy merchant family in Łęczna He tried to open a private Hebrew school in Zamość he passed a law exam at the Regional Court in Warsaw and opened a private practice in his home town he enjoyed a relatively prosperous and peaceful life at the same time engaging himself in philanthropy and social activism Peretz was accused of spreading subversive ideas and lost the right to work as a lawyer Desperately looking for other sources of income he returned to intensive writing in a literary almanac Di judisze folks-bibliotek (Jewish Folk Library) he published his first Yiddish-language work Only Jankew Dinezon realized the greatness of the author from Zamość Both writers later became good friends for years When Peretz moved to Warsaw for good in 1889 his financial situation was still very bad Help came from a philanthropist and social activist Jan Bloch Peretz joined Bloch’s statistical expedition researching the situation of Jews in small towns Łaszczów, Tomaszów Lubelski and other places he wrote a series of fictionalized accounts published in 1891 as Bil — der fun a prowinc-rajze in tomaszower powiat um 1890 jor (Images from travels through the Tomaszów province about 1890) he became an employee of the Funeral Department of the Jewish community of Warsaw His duties involved allocation of graves at the Warsaw cemetery at Gęsia street (today at the junction of Mordechaja Anielewicza and Okopowa streets) Peretz’s life was running on two parallel tracks His duties related to writing consumed enormous amounts of time and energy The Yiddish culture didn’t yet have its own institutions or developed market of press and books Peretz had to build it all from scratch He published several literary almanacs: Di judisze blibliotek (The Jewish library Literatur un lebn (Literature and life 1895) and a series of irregularly published periodicals Jontew bletlech (Festive gazettes he published articles dedicated to economics His efforts and hard work were crowned with a conference in Chernivtsi in 1908 where Yiddish was announced a Jewish national language Even though he had to constantly take breaks in his creative work the first complete edition of his works in Yiddish was published 1904) and drama Di goldene kejt (The golden chain His work was innovative and new in his time It evaded classifications in one category remaining distinguished by „a provocative mixing of the old and the new Peretz was also engages in politics and social issues He was writing about Tsarist anti-Jewish policy during an illegal rally for striking workers he was arrested for several months in Tsarist political prison in the Warsaw Citadel Peretz became conflicted with the community leaders who demanded of him withdrawing from political activity the writer published a declaration that he signed a work contract not a contract regarding his conscience Peretz’s name became famous in the Jewish world He attracted crowds of young writers from Central and Eastern Europe to Warsaw He supported talents and introduced them into the art of writing Among the graduates of his school of literature we can find a whole array of younger generation writers: Szalom Asz While Peretz felt accomplished as a father of a great literary family his only son from his first marriage (the second son caused probably by the son’s trauma due to alienation from his mother after his parents’ divorce the conflict was deepened by Lucjan’s disapproval of everything Jewish He brought up his son Janek away from his forefathers’ traditions and culture Peretz’s grandson left the Jewish community He was actively engaged in aid work for the homeless and the hungry he was opening first shelters and schools for orphaned and abandoned Jewish children he was working on his translation of the Torah to Yiddish eventually didn’t survive the irregularity of life the history of Jewish literature became divided into two eras: before Peretz and after conseguiremos fornecer informações de seguro viagem mais relevantes Por favor, atente para o fato de que nem todo o conteúdo está traduzido ou disponível para residentes de todos os países. 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Contact us for full details their wandering was largely a matter of choice But on my father’s Jewish-Polish side it was persecution rather than fancy that drove them on My relationship with my father offered few clues as to where I’d come from so I first traveled to Poland to color those parts of my identity that I felt had been grayed out What I found was a country at once cozily familiar and wonderfully different a small town of log cottages in the foothills of the Tatras mountains who have called this chunk of southern Poland home for some 600 years An ethnographic group with their own customs they’re found in northern Slovakia and the Czech Republic though political borders don’t mean a great deal to them where the Polish Highlanders Alliance of North America has its headquarters still fascinated by what I’d learned I made it to Chochołów in time for the Feast of Corpus Christi a religious holiday held 11 days after Pentecost Pentecost is celebrated as a fertility festival and Corpus Christi has something of the pagan about it Adults in traditional costume – felt hats embroidered tunics and bodices – pay their respects at open-air altars wreathed in birch branches and garlanded with flowers while their children toss petals before a procession of notable villagers carrying icons and paintings beneath ornamental canopies I spent the weekend in Zakopane, a 15mi (25km) drive away It’s a popular-among-the-Poles ski resort between December and March and during the summer there’s all sorts of folkloric fun to be had from concerts of traditional music (the Górale have their own bagpipe and “alpine” horn) to showcases of their prowess in making decorative axes salted sheep’s milk cheese called oscypek but I can badger a note out of a number of instruments I imagined this would translate to expertise with the bagpipe so I asked a mountain piper to give me a few lessons It was my father’s intense pride that “our people came from Łódź” that attracted me to a city we didn’t even know was pronounced “Woodge” I was drawn to Andel’s Hotel in the Manufaktura complex – not just because it was a beautiful factory conversion with its industrial bones still in place but also the factory where my great-grandfather slaved over a sewing machine Now a vibrant gallery and entertainment center as well as stylish digs Manufaktura was once a sweatshop manned by rural 19th-century Jews pouring into a city dubbed “The Promised Land” I found the building where my great-grandparents lived and was thankful they passed away before the market square they overlooked became a place of public execution a party town with a three-mile drag of bars and restaurants that never sleeps has a dark side – it was the wartime home of a ghetto in which Jews from all over Europe were herded before dispatch to the death camps The station reserved for that purpose still stands complete with cattle wagon and a moving display of artefacts looted from the victims though it’s not promoted as a tourist site When I first happened across this southeastern city near the Ukrainian border, about 80mi (130km) from Lviv, Ukraine, I was dumbstruck by its Italianate good looks. Though I knew that I was following the trade route that linked western and northern Europe to the Black Sea and that the Second World War had left Zamość’s old town more or less intact I was not prepared for the city’s air of opulence It really must be seen a dozen times to be believed a Polish nobleman who did very well for himself during the Renaissance accumulating landed estates that included more than 200 villages and 11 cities and leasing royal estates containing many more and Zamoyski wanted to build a capital that was fit for it Zamość was designed by the Paduan architect Bernando Morando with the Renaissance theory of an “ideal city” in mind Though it was not physically scarred in World War II Renamed “Himmlerstadt” by the Nazis in 1941 the city was at the center of a brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing Now a UNESCO World Heritage site, it’s a near-perfectly preserved example of its kind, having retained its original layout, fortifications, and curious blend of Venetian and Central European architectural styles. I’d happily pay a hefty fee to simply stand and stare at it. – Joe Furey many of my childhood summers were spent visiting family in Sanok a vibrant town 135mi (220km) southeast of Kraków is rich in both cultural heritage and natural beauty just off its recently pedestrianized market square Renaissance-style fortress built over the remains of the Gothic 14th-century Royal Castle It’s also the town’s Historical Museum housing a venerated collection of religious icons and contemporary artwork Featured prominently is local artist Zdzisław Beksiński whose dystopian surrealist work I grew to admire through the years While this self-taught artist didn’t provide any explanations for his dark paintings “I wish to paint in such a manner as if I were photographing dreams.” On display are more than 600 of his paintings My other favorite cultural journey is to travel back to the 19th and 20th centuries at the Museum of Folk Architecture the largest and most authentic open-air museum in Poland This veritable village is composed of more than 150 wooden cottages with rustic gardens created in 1958 at the direction of historian Aleksander Rybicki In Poland's primeval forest, the ancient beasts of Europe are walking again. Steve White goes in search of them. Poland has a few necessary entry requirements and local laws to be aware of. Here's everything you need to know before you go. Is Europe next on your travel list? We can help with flexible coverage plans that have optional extras. You can buy at home or while traveling, and claim online from anywhere in the world. With 150+ adventure activities covered and 24/7 emergency assistance. Two of the row of iconic and colourful Armenian houses on the northeast side of the Rynek shelter the Zamość museum with intriguing displays such as a scale model of the 16th-century town and a letter to Jan Zamoyski from his architect with a hand-drawn plan of the square and names of the original occupants of each building such as Gothic treasures from cemeteries in the Hrubieszów Valley As these houses once belonged to Armenian merchants you will find some distinctive and fanciful motifs on their facades ContactAddressul Ormiańska 30 84 638 6494 https://​www​.muzeum-zamojskie​.pl​/ Bełżec Memorial This subdued memorial and museum bears witness to the 600,000 Jews killed here in 1942 by the Nazis as part of their ‘Operation Reinhard’ Rynek Wielki The Great Market Sq is the heart of Zamość's attractive Old Town This impressive Italianate Renaissance square (exactly 100m by 100m) is dominated by the… Arsenal Museum This museum of military hardware and the city's fortifications is housed in three separate areas along the city's western bastions Roztocze National Park was a nature reserve for more than 350 years as part of the Zamoyski family estate Rotunda & Martyrdom Museum About 500m southwest of the Old Town is the Rotunda – a ring-shaped fort 54m in diameter surrounding a circular yard Synagogue The city’s fascinating synagogue was built around 1620 and served as the Jewish community’s main house of worship until WWII Cathedral The cathedral was built by Morando between 1587 and 1598 as a votive offering and mausoleum for the Zamoyskis Old Lublin Gate This former gate into the Old Town is a partly ruined brick structure After its construction in 1588 it was walled up in 1604 to commemorate a victorious… View more attractionsNearby Małopolska attractions1. Town Hall The town hall was built between 1639 and 1651 and features were added and extended over the years: its curving stairway came in 1768 2. Rynek Wielki 3. Synagogue 4. Academy Zamoyski The academy was founded in 1595 by Jan Zamoyski as the third Polish centre of higher education at the time – after universities in Kraków and Vilnius 5. Bell Tower You can climb this free-standing bell tower by the cathedral though the terrace is not high enough to offer a bird’s-eye view of the Old Town 6. Franciscan Church this church was reputedly one of the most beautiful baroque churches in Poland 7. Cathedral 8. Religious Art Museum Behind the church is the former vicarage from the 1610s with its splendid ornate doorway. The Religious Art Museum features a collection of sacred art… No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission chaotic finale sees Thijssen snatch first WorldTour win Gerben Thijssen (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert) wins stage 2 of Tour de Pologne(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)Gerben Thijssen (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert) wins stage 2 of Tour de Pologne(Image credit: Getty Images Sport)Pascal Ackermann In a fast but technical finale where the main sprinters' teams lost control in a welter of road furniture and multiple high-speed bends Thijssen came off the last roundabout some 500 metres from the line and into the slightly rising finishing straight a little behind Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) In what culminated in a magnificent five-way dash for the line Ackermann initially looked closest to getting the win just managed to fend off Bahrain Victorious' Jonathan Milan even as stage one winner Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) was edging out Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe) on the left to claim fourth and fifth respectively Thijssen's victory in Pologne was his first at WorldTour level with the 24-year-old's only previous victory a stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk earlier this season Thijssen said being able to get the better of some of the world's top-name fast men in Pologne only made his dream success all the sweeter "I got a second place one time in the Vuelta a España Beating someone like Mark Cavendish (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) is a big childhood dream come true because when I was young I looked up to him," he added Thijssen said that his slow start to Pologne had been due to starting racing immediately after returning from altitude camp but in 24 hours he could turn things around "Having won in Dunkirk I said my goal was to win another race but when you're riding events as big as Pologne and then the Vuelta a España in a few weeks' time there was an unexpected change of race leadership as Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) ousted Kooij from the top spot overall thanks to snatching various bonus sprint seconds in two successive breakaways "We switched goals and tried to get in the moves today again after our leader Tobias Johannessen had to quit the race," Abrahamsen said "but I don't think I'll be able to defend the lead in the hills tomorrow Stage 2 got underway with a notably high number of none-starters following Saturday's crash a teammate of race leader Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma) and two Uno-X racers Tour de L'Avenir winner Johannessen and double Norwegian road champion Rasmus Tiller very heavy rain showers and the high number of battered bodies in the peloton the race began with a salvo of attacks that only concluded when four riders managed to go clear With remarkably close parallels to Saturday's early break of five two members of the Poland National squad were all in on the move of the day while Jasper de Buyst flew the flag for Lotto_Soudal and Andrea Peron joined the action for Novo-Nordisk the four had created a respectable-sized advantage of over six minutes and for the next few hours little of note occurred as the bunch ground its way across eastern Poland although Jumbo-Visma tapped out a steady enough pace to squeeze the gap to a little under five minutes with 100 kilometres to go the break disintegrated very quickly as soon as the sprinters' teams began piling on the pressure on the interminable flat water-logged roads running through miles of farmland First Stosz and Abrahamsen sat up and waited for the bunch then Brozyna followed suit and with 19 kilometres to go only De Buyst his advantage squeezed to less than a minute far more of an obstacle than expected and even a concerted effort by Alpecin-Deceuninck and Jumbo-Visma failed to reduce his lead by more than 20 seconds on the broad highways around and through Zamosc De Buyst still had a respectable 30-second advantage on the peloton as he powered across the line to tackle the flat seven-kilometre finishing circuit through the city Trek-Segafredo and Groupama-FDJ began contributing that De Buyst was reeled in albeit with just 1.5 kilometres to the finish and the lack of control and hesitations in the peloton after such a late catch was palpable Another Lotto-Soudal rider even made a late lone bid for victory but although he was unable to gain more than a few metres the large roundabout with 500 metres to go broke an already semi-shattered peloton's momentum even further in the mad every-sprinter-for-himself dash for the line that decided the stage Thijssen just managed to edge the rest of the field Results powered by FirstCycling Alasdair FotheringhamSocial Links NavigationAlasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991 He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain he has also written for The Independent,  The Guardian,  ProCycling A vast stash of supplies from motor retail workers to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian war has been delivered to the town of Zamosc in Poland coordinated by former bodyshop boss Steve Taylor in Poland plus Autoclenz executive Steve Jones and former dealer group director Lisa Ford in the UK ensured that essentials from sleeping bags to sanitary items, food and medicines reached the town in eastern Poland which has been inundated with people seeking safety from Russia's attacks on Ukraine With the support of Mercedes-Benz Retail Group Autoclenz and Big Yellow Storage the group amassed donations from motor retail employees and others and sent off the first van load on Friday afternoon On Saturday, Essex-based Lisa Ford shared a photo of the arrival: "The two Steves same motor trade history but their paths had never crossed until today when Steve Jones having driven for 24 hours alongside Jevgenij Derevianko met Steve Taylor in Zamosc to deliver the aid donated by those in the motor industry alongside the people of Essex It's fair to say it was an emotional meeting." who used to be a director of a London accident repair group has lived in Zamosc for several years since he emmigrated to Poland Ford also thanked Ross Daverson, managing director of Arden BMW and Mini, for its amazing donation of £10,000 to Steve Taylor's JustGiving page which is directly helping the Ukranian women and children refugees in Zamosc "For anyone in doubt of the scale of the crisis facing small Polish towns like Zamosc Steve Taylor witnessed over 2,000 Ukrainian women and children arriving on Wednesday night alone only to find there was no room anywhere to be housed The situation is both desperate and constant," she said "Whilst this van load will go some way to alleviate some of the demand it is by no means the end of the demand." In this issue we present the top perfomers in the 2025 AM Dealer Recommended research Significant motor retail industry suppliers have been endorsed by UK automotive retail leaders in our research programme.  We surveyed dealers from our audience to find out who they trust most and rely on for products and services in a variety of critical aspects of their motor retail operations Almost 30 companies received sufficient support from AM's dealer audience to become Dealer Recommended this year Find out who they are and learn from them how they can problem solve in your business Plus perspectives on success: how having the right partnerships goes a long way to ensuring good outcomes for any dealership Register to receive our range of digital content By submitting any material to us you are confirming that the material is your own original work or that you have permission from the copyright owner to use the material and to authorise Bauer Consumer Media to use it as described in this paragraph You also promise that you have permission from anyone featured or referred to in the submitted material to it being used by Bauer Consumer Media If Bauer Consumer Media receives a claim from a copyright owner or a person featured in any material you have sent us we will inform that person that you have granted us permission to use the relevant material and you will be responsible for paying any amounts due to the copyright owner or featured person and/or for reimbursing Bauer Consumer Media for any losses it has suffered as a result the official opening of the new Laude Smart Intermodal facility located at the Zamość Bortatycze railway station on the broad-gauge LHS line took place The terminal will be able to handle 10 trains a day The completed investment allowed to increase the handling capacity of the terminal to 15,000 TEU containers per year This gives the opportunity to transport a much larger volume of cargo from Ukraine than before The use of our own patented innovations in the construction of containers and rolling stock is the result of the company’s many years of experience and striving to create modern transport and logistics solutions invested almost PLN 30 million in the expansion of the terminal in Zamość This is another investment carried out in accordance with the company’s mission assuming the creation of a new quality of logistics services and the implementation of efficient and ecological solutions using the advantages of intermodal transport This would not be possible without the effective acquisition of the EU funds the company has implemented 14 projects with a total value of over PLN 436 million aimed at the development of container transport and other modern solutions increasing competitiveness of rail transport The tender for construction works related to the extension of the intermodal terminal at the Zamość Bortatycze railway station was announced in August 2020 a new wide track (with a clearance of 1,520 mm) was built on the western side which will enable the collision-free entry of a container train to the terminal area and on the southern side – a new standard track (with a width of 1,435 mm) Side tracks for standard and wide-gauge carriages were also extended and a standard and wide-gauge track was built which will enable collision-free parking of damaged containers for repair The extensive track system (more than 6.4 km in total) will enable reloading containers from broad-gauge wagons to standard-gauge ones increasing the efficiency of reloading works The reloading capacity after the extension of the terminal is 6-10 trains a day The terminal is equipped with two 40-ton overhead cranes their task is to improve the rail and road traffic The new yard enables storage of 2,000 TEU containers Several parking and maneuvering yards were also created The total area of hardened yards is 38,000 sqm A third crane will be installed by the end of the year It is important that the investment coincided with the completion of works at the Zamość Majdan station five tracks with a total length of 6 km with turnouts equipped with modern rail traffic control devices as well as a cargo yard with an area of 14,000 m² sq m and an access road were constructed The construction of a passing loop increases the throughput capacity of the entire line These and earlier activities contributed to today’s support for Ukrainian exports to European recipients The current technical condition of the LHS enables the passage of 12 pairs of trains a day Project number and name: POIS.03.02.00-00-0031/18 Project for the development of intermodal connections thanks to the construction and equipment of the intermodal terminal in Zamość and the purchase of equipment for the terminal in Sosnowiec Total value of the project: PLN 51,560,743.78; Value of eligible expenses: PLN 36,784,045.77; We have concluded an agreement for co-financing the project of the Secretariat of the National Road Safety Council (NRSC) an organizational unit of the Ministry of Infrastructure signed a co-financing agreement with the Center for EU Transport Projects for the project “Works on the cross-city line in Warsaw section Warszawa Wschodnia – Warszawa Zachodnia It will be safer at pedestrian crossings – the call for the competition “Safe Pedestrian – retrofitting pedestrian crossings and retrofitting schools in the field of transport education” has ended We signed a co-financing agreement for the construction of the S11 road on the Koszalin – Bobolice section The General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways is the beneficiary of the EU funds from IEP Website co-funded: from the Cohesion Fund as part of the technical assistance of the Operational Programme Infrastructure and Environment 2014-2020 from the Cohesion Fund as part of the technical assistance of the European Funds for Infrastructure Environment Programme 2021-2027 and from the European Regional Development Fund as part of the technical assistance of the European Funds for Eastern Poland Programme 2021-2027 I'm here at what is known as the Rotunda memorial in Zamosc It is located just 60km from the border with Ukraine It is the site where over the course of World War II the Gestapo shot an estimated 8,000 people all those people were from this local area The Gestapo shot them here and they burned their bodies here This illustrated very starkly the fact that this area is no stranger to war and the terror that comes with war Today I wanted to explore how people here feel about the fact that war is yet again at their doorstep Among the people I have been speaking to is Magdalena who is a local tour guide When I asked her if people here were afraid she said: "They are uneasy We hope it will not but we can not be sure it will not "It's like a tension that you feel all the time." Magdelana told me that routine and keeping busy is what's keeping people going A huge part of keeping busy these days is getting involved with the tremendous refugee effort here locally It seems that almost everybody is involved in that operation It is very necessary because we have more evidence today that those refugees are continuing to come and the numbers are growing Almost 3 million people in total have fled Ukraine and 1.8 million of those have come here to Poland We need your consent to load this rte-player contentWe use rte-player to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review their details and accept them to load the content.Manage Preferences On our very first day in Zamosc myself and cameraman Paul Deighan stumbled upon its Rotunda monument and it is where the Gestapo massacred an estimated 8,000 people during World War II A large white cross commemorates those who were slaughtered The monument is surrounded by hundreds of graves Zamosc is no stranger to terror and destruction It's very architecture bears testimony to that Extensive old ramparts and fortifications surround its 16th century renaissance core A second monument in the town centre remembers the thousands of children torn from their families during the second world war and either sent to the camps to be killed or transported on trains to Germany to be "aryanised" All this is within living memory of its oldest inhabitants and so it is no wonder that empathy for the Ukrainian women and children pouring through the town in their thousands is so strong a primary school teacher going after her day’s work to volunteer at one of several refugee processing centres Aleksandra says her family now stores potatoes in the cellar that her own grandparents hid in when bombs fell on the town during the second world war told me that his own grandmother had herself been forced to flee Today Lviv is across the border in Ukraine but until the second world war it was a part of Poland Sixty kilometres from the border with Ukraine thousands of refugees are pouring through this town They are being bussed in from three nearby border crossings It is a tremendous feat that Zamosc is undertaking; registering and processing such huge numbers The reception centres are in school gyms and other municipal buildings on the town’s outskirts Young people skate in the outdoor ice rink in Great Market Square gazing at their phones as they circle nonchalantly The sun shines down crisply on the square’s exquisite "Armenian houses" Groups of US soldiers wander about the town Local teenagers approach them to chat and joke under its ceiling of massive ancient oak beams one group of soldiers eat lunch and squabble over which of them will pick up the tab The soldiers tell me that they arrived in the region about a month ago Over the centuries the tumult of European history has played out on the streets of this town The revolutionary activist and thinker Rosa Luxemburg was born here and this weekend - with Russian air strikes in Lviv region - it came even closer Who could have believed that likely even a few months ago As we prepare to leave Zamosc we cannot help wonder RTÉ.ie is the website of Raidió Teilifís Éireann RTÉ is not responsible for the content of external internet sites \u003Cp\u003EThe Rotunda monument in Zamosc\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EArmenian houses in the Great Market Square\u003C/p\u003E \u003Cp\u003EUS troops gather in Zamosc\u003C/p\u003E which begin on Saturday and run until 24 August The trio hope to impress the judges by performing tricks as they fly through the skies above Zamość I think we can aim for the podium," said Cyrial Talon one of the pilots who will display their skills is also the president of the Luxembourg Aerobatics Association He will be joined by Phillippe Varinot and Alex Hory in representing Luxembourg at the championships in Poland 1 / 2The delegation is flying the flag for Luxembourg at the competition in Poland © Photo credit: Luxembourg Aerobatic Association 2 / 2The trio arrived in Poland last weekend ahead of the world championships © Photo credit: Luxembourg Aerobatic Association The Luxembourg team will compete against nations such as France each team will have a number of compulsory manoeuvres to perform "These are known several months before the competition and we can practice them the other part of the competition consists of a number of freestyle manoeuvres" An expert jury watching the performances will award marks to determine rankings of various teams In order for teams to achieve the highest possible scores precision and creativity have to go hand in hand “There's really a wide range of profiles among the candidates: real airline pilots or simply enthusiasts,” explained Talon It can reach speeds of up to 400km/h,” he said Talon will use the “war machine” to perform spins then reduce the throttle and the plane starts to come back down,” Talon said Given the types of manoeuvres the pilots engage in there is the question of safety highlighting that he has never had even the slightest of accidents “Just a little scare I had with an old plane I let go of everything and let the aircraft recover properly 1 / 2The plane can reach speeds of up to 400 km/h © Photo credit: Luxembourg Aerobatic Association 2 / 2The pilots are hoping to impress the judges in Poland with their array of airborne tricks © Photo credit: Luxembourg Aerobatic Association And what about nausea With pilots' bodies exposed to high speeds and many sudden movements it's tempting to think that sickness is common "We're so concentrated on our movements that we don't have time to be sick,” Talon said “If your head is obviously spinning in all directions you make yourself fixate on one point to prevent nausea it's a question of training,” he added it's impossible for Luxembourg aerobatic enthusiasts to practise their passion in their own country."So we fly in Verdun after having flown for a while in Saint-Hubert but we also depend a lot on the weather conditions The friendly competitions organised throughout the Greater Region also serve as training,” said Talon at a previous edition of the world championships the same Luxembourg delegation managed fifth place we've accumulated a lot of experience and we're coached by a former world champion We really believe in our chances," Talon said (This article was originally published by Virgule. Translation and editing by Kabir Agarwal) WeddingsLuxembourg couples prefer destination weddings with hefty budgetThis year’s wedding trends include mocha-mousse, satin 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again on 18th September!On Thursday 18th September with the starting gun of the 11th Luxembourg Times BusinessRun fired at the Coque at 7 pm Share this with instagramShare this with facebookShare this with linkedinSections The project is being developed by Katharsis Development “HopStop Zamość Sadowa will be the second retail project put into operation by our company Customers will be able to start shopping here in spring 2015 We have provided 200 parking spaces for them,” says Ewa Zurman the development director at Katharsis Development CA Immo exits non-core market Serbia with the sale of the 19,600 sqm office building Sava Business Center in Belgrade Both the sales price and the buyer are subject to confidentiality As the PBSA sector finally takes off in Poland it is now increasingly attracting international operators and investors Eurobuild CEE spoke to Xior's investment manager about why it has such confidence in the Polish market Residential developer Develia has signed a preliminary agreement to acquire all the shares in Bouygues Immobilier Polska the Polish subsidiary of Bouygues Immobilier ESA logistika has leased 15,000 sqm in Prologis Park Piotrków GLP has completed the development of its Wrocław V Logistics Centre and has received a BREEAM rating of Outstanding Panattoni has secured EUR 40 mln in financing from BNP Paribas for the development of Panattoni Park Sosnowiec IV Newgate Investment (NGI) and Redkom Development are developing a large retail park in Bydgoszcz Deutsche Hypo – NORD/LB Real Estate Finance has provided a five-year green loan to Olivia Seven for the refinancing of the Olivia Prime A office building in Gdańsk-Oliwa communications and security company Motorola Solutions has signed a five-year lease renewal 18,000 sqm at the Green Office complex in Kraków’s Podgórze district Falling interest rates and easing monetary policy across the eurozone and CEEi are boosting investor confidence in the region’s commercial real estate market reveals Colliers in its ‘Beyond Real Estate | Economy’ report Panattoni is to build the Panattoni Park Mainz Süd in Erbes-Büdesheim bei Alzey Axi Immo has presented its latest report “Warsaw Office Market – Q1 2025 The market opened in 2025 on a steady footing with a notable increase in leasing activity and a modest decline in vacancy landlords continue to focus on upgrading existing assets and prioritizing quality over quantity Convenience store chain Żabka has officially opened a new logistics centre in Kąty Wrocławskie The first stage of the development will serve 1,500 stores in the Wrocław area Romanian Post has leased over 5,000 sqm of logistics space in CTPark Bucharest to serve as its temporary regional courier and logistics hub for Bucharest JLL has announced the sale and leaseback of two properties by a manufacturing company in a deal worth over PLN 1 bln Warehouse developer CTP is adding 2,000 sqm to its Clubco coworking development in Brno pbb Deutsche Pfandbriefbank has extended an investment facility to PineBridge Benson Elliot for the Diuna Office Park in Warsaw The hotel market in Bucharest continued its recovery in 2024 while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone of EUR 100 Torus has announced its All.inn students’ residence concept that is soon to appear on ul BIG Poland has acquired the Multishop Suwałki retail park comprising 13,000 sqm of retail space The company now owns nine fully commercialized retail parks in Poland Slate Asset Management has sold three OBI retail stores to the Lindner Group from Germany Cushman & Wakefield has conducted a survey the findings of which are presented in the report From Shopping to Experiences: A Customer’s View on Shopping Centres and Retail Parks Cushman & Wakefield notes that despite evolving shopping trends both retail formats continue to hold strong appeal Multi Poland has taken on the management of the Galeria Przymorze shopping centre in Gdańsk The store offers lifestyle and sporting clothing and is to open this spring According to the "Quo Vadis E-commerce" report released by Cushman & Wakefield the online commerce continues to be a growth driver for the industrial & logistics real estate sector generating significant opportunities for developers and investors the investor behind the Projekt Góraszka shopping and entertainment complex in Wiązowna on Warsaw’s eastern outskirts has obtained a building permit for a mixed-use development Poznan-based company Scallier is opening another facility under the Funshop Park brand in Romania According to the latest report “At a Glance: Modern Retail Market in Poland Q4 2024” from BNP Paribas Real Estate Poland Poland’s retail market experienced record growth in 2024 Cushman &Wakefield has summarised the situation on the Polish retail market Over half a mln sqm of new retail space came on stream last year marking the highest new supply level in Poland since 2015 This robust development activity occurred amid rising demand from new retailers and improving consumer sentiment which boosted retail sales A new retail park with a total area of 24,000 sqm is set to be developed in Otwock under the name Świderek The investment will be led by Redkom Development Empik has opened a flagship store in the revitalised former Cepelia pavilion in the centre of Warsaw the modernist building has regained its former glory and once again impresses with its original appearance and modern interior Trei Real Estate Poland has opened its 40th Vendo Park The investment was created in Wrocław and has 5,000 sqm Vendo Park Wrocław is the first facility under this banner in the capital of Lower Silesia The retail park was built on a plot of approx An 800 sqm Biedronka grocery store is to open on the ground floor of the Moje Bielany residential complex which is being developed by CeMat A/S at ul Wólczyńska 121 in Warsaw’s Bielany district Spring has very much sprung and everywhere is bathed in the first warm sunshine of the year I have in 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The Polish warehouse market has finally stabilised after the post-pandemic boom but new challenges and opportunities are on the horizon for the sector UBM Development has been given the go-ahead for the first wooden office building in Poland: Timber Park in Poleczki Business Park in Warsaw The office market in Warsaw is currently experiencing a period of stability in terms of supply and take-up Recent data on overall tenant activity indicates that clients in the cap .. Receive all the latest information from the world of real estate by e-mail the construction of the Aura residential building designed by Robert Konieczny's office KWK Promes According to a report by research company Spectis “Construction companies in Poland 2025-2030” the total revenues of the 300 leading construction gro .. The Globalworth Foundation has provided the authorities in Bucharest with office space for a Covid vaccination centre Panattoni BTS and Commercecon together support the establishment of the second Centaurus Foundation centre in Poland to help horses and other animals intends to focus on operations in other reg .. Six class A office buildings in the PRO Portfolio which is jointly owned by PineBridge Benson Elliot and Sharow Capital have been granted BREEAM In-U .. Who won this year's 14th edition of the Eurobuild Awards The jury and guests gathered at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel in Warsaw chose this year's .. Enjoy the last set of recordings with comments straight from this year's MIPIM we asked experts from our home country for their input will take place on 9-10 April 2025 at the Norblin Factory Event Hall in W .. we invite you to hot episode of the "Eye to eye" podcast The UN Nansen Refugee Award award will go to Poland for the first time According to the office of the UNHCR High Commissioner this year's regional wi .. Czech developer CTP has been granted a EUR 200 mln loan from the European Investment Bank for the roll-out of its large-scale solar panel installation .. while the ADR has finally surpassed the milestone .. Jarosław Szanajca plans to resign from the position of president of the management board of Dom Development at the end of the year and join the superv .. The Polish and Danish governments have entered preliminary discussions for the construction of a tunnel between Szczecin and Copenhagen underneath the .. Viterra has moved into its ​​new 1,500 sqm offices in Olivia Prime part of the Olivia Centre business complex in Gdańsk Panattoni has acquired two properties near Gothenburg The brownfield sites will be replaced by a modern 43,000 sqm facility Contemporary cities are grappling with the challenge of fostering dynamic growth while alleviating environmental pressures Colliers has taken over the management of the Studio B office building located in the Warsaw Wola district The property is owned by Stena Real Estate .. The University of Warsaw has signed a contract with the general contractor for a project at ul The new building will house the faculti .. Velis Real Estate Tech is officially changing its name to Singu adopting the title of its property management product the construction of the Panattoni Park Unterfranken has officially started