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Rzeszów is the largest city of the Karpackie Province and its capital. The city received town privileges in 1354. In 1591, the town hall was erected, and in 1600, construction of the castle began. In the 17th century, the castle withstood a number of sieges. In the 18th century, it was converted into a palace. In the early 20th century, the building was dismantled and faithfully recreated.

Currently, it is home to the district court. Rzeszów’s market square is surrounded by Galician tenement houses. Well worth a visit is the Bernardine Fathers’ monastery complex with the late Renaissance Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church of the Holy Cross and the Classicist Church of the Holy Trinity. Two synagogues survive in the city: the Old and New. An important attraction is the underground tourist route, running through tunnels under the houses and the slabs of the market square, hollowed out in loess substrate, where food and wine were stored. Part of the passageways forms the Underground Tourist Route, with 34 cellars from the 15th to the 20th century. The length of the underground passage is 213 metres; the lowest point of the route exceeds 9 metres in depth. The Museum of Bedtime Cartoons contains a collection of dolls, puppets and souvenirs related to Polish bedtime stories.