On 10 April 1580, Chancellor and Great Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski issued a foundation charter, declaring the beginning of construction of Zamość, on a trade route link between northwest Europe and the Black Sea.  The process lasted more than 10 … Continue reading →

Drove from Sanok to Łańcut Castle, a journey of some 90 kms this morning. The Castle lies on the fringe of the Carpathian foothills, by an old trade route which linked Western Europe and Ruthenia (Hungary, Ukraine and Poland) from … Continue reading →

Sanok, in south-eastern Poland lies directly below the Carpathian Mountains.  Once settled by Poles, Jews and Lemkos (a minority group within the Ukrainian community), the town’s history goes back almost 1000 years when it was part of a medieval trade … Continue reading →