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Zamość Fortress was not protected with water obstacles only in the east and partly in the north; consequently, strong fortifications were extremely important here. The only, relatively well-preserved and fully-reconstructed bastion in this part of the fortress is Bastion VII. It is located south-east from where you are standing. Designed by Bernardo Morando, Bastion VII had been completed before 1618 was soon modernized by Andrea dell’Aqua (1618-23). At the end of the 17th century Jan Michał Link added an earthen retrenchment to the bastion. In the 18th century the system of fortification facilities in this part of the town was supplemented with a belt of earthen fortifications. However, the most extensive modernization of the eastern part of fortifications was started in 1809 by Colonel Jean-Baptiste Mallet and completed by the same man known as General Jan Chrzciciel Mallet- Malletski in the 1820s. During this modernization the casemates* of the bastion were extended by covering the flanks* behind the orillons*; embrasures* were made along the walls, the closest foreground was additionally defended by a high wall with loop holes for rifles (the so-called carnot wall*) and, finally, in 1825-27 a huge cavalier was built at the rear of the bastion. On three floors of this new facility (the top floor being covered with a removable roof) there were large cannon stands and barracks on the town side. The cavalier is one of the few facilities of fortress fortifications which has been preserved without any major damage; most of the defensive walls of the bastion have been supplemented in 1977-84. There is a similar retrenchment over Bastion VI but is has been preserved as an earthen embankment only.

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