When you walk west, the red fortification trail will lead you first along the lowest of all
the pathways, down the moat, and then to an extremely beautiful place, at the top of the face of another Zamość lunette, which is at the same time the most “refined” one because since the ‘80s of the 20th century it has been the centre of artistic events – the Amphitheatre. The moat in front of the bastion fortifications was not a friendly place; it was a death zone. It was shot across from along the casemates and bastion walls, and also from the gunports in the wall, called the Carnot Wall after a famous French inventor, engineer and physician. The trail will lead you to a precious find, discovered in 2011 during the implementation works within this programme. It is a fragment of a casemate, improving the defensive capabilities of Bastion VI. It protected the front, or the face, of the bastion. It is called a counterguard. You will see the remnants of the “secret weapon” of the 17th century Zamość Fortress, which was ahead of its epoch, introduced by Jan Michał Linek. The outlines of Bastion VI, demolished by the Russians in 1868, are today only suggested by an earth embankment. In its gorge, you will see a small but monumental cavalier. You cannot go inside, because it is a school now. However, you can admire the view of the town from above the restored New Lubelska Gate, standing on the lunette platform between Bastions V and VI. There, you will find information kiosk No. 4 and a panoramic board.