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The Town Hall, built by Morando in the north frontage, thoroughly remodelled in 1639-1651 by Jan Jaroszewicz and Jan Wolff, being distinguished by the elevated body, high tower, attic and external fan-shaped double stairway, added in the 18th century, overlooks the Market Square.
The Market Square is surrounded by arcaded houses (it is a single complex of the arcaded houses survived in Poland in the entirety). The rhythm of their arcades gives regularity to the buildings when the decoration of façades gives variety (some of them are topped with reconstructed attics). A Zamość house elevation scheme, established by Morando, was only skeletal, therefore up to the end of the 18th century it was possible to fill it with the forms specific for changing architectural styles. In the south frontage there are two model houses dated back to the end of the 16th century that imposed a type binding during the whole of the 17th century on the houses of the Market Square. In the north frontage, in the line of the Town Hall, there are more decorative Armenians’ houses, built in the second and third quarter of the 17th century (among others the Wilczek House).
The importance of the Zamość historical urban complex was appreciated by the UNESCO that inscribed the Zamość Old Town on the World Cultural Heritage List in 1992.