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First written information about towns from the Tarn\u00f3w region comes from the beginnings of the 12th century. In surviving documents we can find names of local villages such as Tarn\u00f3w, Ci\u0119\u017ckowice, Lubaszowa and Tuch\u00f3w. In the 13th century Wojnicz is already a town, home of the Wojnicki Castellan, who rules one of the biggest districts in Poland of that time. 14th century is an era of intensive development. In the Tarn\u00f3w region new cities of Tarn\u00f3w, Ci\u0119\u017ckowice, Ryglice, Tuch\u00f3w and \u017babno are created. Numerous privileges, bestowed by King Kazimierz the Great as well as location along major trade routes greatly influence their growth. Middle ages is a time of the greatest prosperity for the towns of the region. The right of organizing fairs is bestowed on additional cities.<\/p>\r\n
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Unquestionable leader are Ci\u0119\u017ckowice which were allowed to conduct 5 fairs a year. How important were these, can be best illustrated by a decision of king Zygmunt August from the year 1518 which abolishes a week long fair in Zakliczyn, which was the main competition to Czch\u00f3w. Number of different craft guilds start to appear in the cities. With time they began to \u201especialize\u201d and concentrate on specific crafts. In this way Czch\u00f3w becomes the second largest weaving center in Ma\u0142opolska. End of an era of rapid development of Tarn\u00f3w region falls on the end of the 17th century. Hand in this had invasions of foreign armies, including the Swedes and Hungarians, epidemics, sicknesses and famine brought about by crop failures. Devastated cities still did not regain their grandeur. Weak signs of development were muffled at first by partitions of Poland and later on by both world wars. Only after 1989, did the local governments, chosen in free elections, begun a systematic work on revitalizing these towns. Towns and cities of the region are becoming more citizen and tourist friendly. Tourists are especially enchanted by local architecture, climate and folklore.<\/p>\r\n
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Oldest information about <\/a>Ci\u0119\u017ckowice <\/b>can be found in the document issued by Bishop Idzi confirming property of the Tyniec monastery, dated 1123-1125. Settlement received city rights in 1348. Those were granted by king Kazimierz the Great in a location act. Till this day, a medieval layout of the city is still in tact, with a spacious rectangular city square and a pair of streets running out from each corner. Specific climate of Ci\u0119\u017ckowice is created by brick and wooden houses with arcades from the 18th and 19th century. These are log houses on a foundation constructed from local sandstone. Its saddle roofs, supported by wooden columns create characteristic arcades. These, along with a 19th century brick city hall with an internal courtyard and a clock tower, located in the middle of the town square, add a characteristic charm to the city. When visiting Ci\u0119\u017ckowice, it is hard to miss one of the kind natural reserve \u201eStone City\u201d. On 15 ha of land different rock formations, created from the local Ci\u0119\u017ckowice sandstone, can be found. These were given by nature odd shapes and forms. Thrown on the side of a hill small and large rock formations create an illusion of an ancient city. A must-see is also a manor house of I. J. Paderewski, famous composer and politician, located in a neighboring village of Kasna Dolna.<\/p>\r\n In the fork of Uszwica river and G\u00f3rza\u0144ski stream lays <\/a>Lipnica Murowana<\/b>. Oldest written records on this settlement come from 1325. In accounting books, a payment of 3 grzywny (currency and weight unit) is made by the priest from the Lipnik Parish. King W\u0142adys\u0142aw \u0141okietek, bestowed Lipnica Murowana with city rights in 1326. Till this day a medieval layout of the city, with a circular city square and a pair of streets running from each corner has been kept. In the center, single storey wooden arcade houses survived. In fact buildings make up most precious historical monuments of Lipnica Murowana.<\/p>\r\n The most precious treasure of the town is an almost entirely preserved wooden, Gothic style St. Leonard\u2019s church. As the legend says, Christian temple was constructed on the place of an old pagan worship in the year 1141. Since the 15th century, it has not been changed in any way, not including necessary maintenance and conservation works. Original architecture and furnishings give the church unique value. Recognizing extraordinary value of the temple in Lipnica Murowana, commission of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, added the St. Leonard\u2019s Church to a UNESCO World Heritage List on the 5th of July 2003. When visiting Lipnica Murowana, one has to remember the traditional, known world wide, competition for the biggest Easter palms. First written mention about <\/a>Tuch\u00f3w<\/b> comes from the year 1105. It can be found in a document, in which pope\u2019s legate informs about the fact that Tuk\u00f3w, which was its name at the time, was given to the Benedictine abbey by the wife of W\u0142adys\u0142aw Herman, Duke of Poland. In 1340 King Kazimierz the Great granted Tuch\u00f3w city rights. Major influence on this decision were great profits derived from a salt mine located in Tuch\u00f3w. When city rights were granted boundaries of the city square were drawn up and in the middle a city hall was erected. This setup is still evident till this very day. Modern Tuch\u00f3w is mainly a biggest, in the Tarn\u00f3w Diocese, place of Blessed Virgin Mary worship. In the Redemptorists\u2019 monastery we\u2019ll find a painting of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Tuch\u00f3w, which is known for many miracles. It was considered to be miraculous already in 1641. July holiday of the Blessed Virgin launches a week long church fair which draws in over one hundred thousand visitors from the whole country every year.<\/p>\r\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.it.tarnow.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Lipnica_Main_Square_small-300x225.jpg\")
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