From among the seven bastions in Zamość fortress Bastion No. 1 was the least lucky. First Russians destroyed it when liquidating the fortress. Then in 1916 Austrians cut it in half while laying the rails of a new railway line from Zamość to Hrubieszów. The line is still used, which makes it impossible to rebuild the bastion. However, between 2007 and 2009 the wall of the casemate and a fragment of the orillion adjacent to the bastion as well as a 70-m section of the curtain wall with embrasures were reconstructed.
At present the casemate houses a gym, where members of Zamość Club of Traditional Karate train for competitions.
