Poznań is a city in west-central Poland with over 578,900 inhabitants (2002). Located by the Warta River, it is one of the oldest cities in Poland, making it an important historical centre and a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education.
The Old Town complex (16th and 17th c) is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. The city’s urban layout was designed to copy the plans of an ideal Italian urban model. Zamość is the best-preserved Renaissance town in Poland. It has retained its attic-roof burgher houses, magnificent town hall, churches, and fortifications from the 16th and 19th centuries.
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