The town lies at the foot of the hill that was named Cross Hill. In 1708 three crosses, like the ones at Golgotha, were placed there to commemorate the many victims of the plague. The slopes of the hill are covered with rare plants which are protected by law. In spite of the many beech, hazel,...
A panorama of the Vistula valley and the holiday village Męćmierz from the lime stone hill Albrechtówka. Mięćmierz was an old raft men’s settlement. There are many old wooden houses that were moved here by their new owners (mostly artists) from places where they would have been destroyed. The...
Zofia z Matuszewiczów Kicka była wychowanicą księżnej Izabeli Czartoryskiej w czasach, gdy księżna rezydowała w pobliskich Puławach. Córka ministra skarbu i posła na Sejm Czteroletni - Tadeusza Matuszewicza traktowana była przez Izabelę niemalże jak członek rodziny. Księżna miała plany ściślej...