Wiślica

Wiślica is an ancient settlement on the Nida, near the road from Kraków to Sandomierz. In the twelfth century it was briefly the seat of a duchy, with princely residences and churches. A remarkable engraved gypsum floor, the Slab of the Orants, survives from a Romanesque church's burial crypt. Władysław the Elbow-high granted the town a charter in 1326.

Casimir the Great built walls, a castle and a Gothic collegiate church at Wiślica. The town became a meeting place for political assemblies and was associated with the proclamation of his legal statutes. Its privileges included bridge tolls and the right to store salt; its beer reached the royal court at Kraków. Around 1460 the chronicler Jan Długosz founded a bell tower and a residence for the canons and clergy serving the church.