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One of the most beautiful cities on the Vistula River is Kazimierz Dolny. This charming town was once an important point on the trade route connecting Małopolska with the Baltic Sea coast. Kazimierz developed particularly well during the Jagiellonian times, but in the mid-seventeenth century it began to lose its importance. Numerous monuments that today attract tourists to Kazimierz remind us of the golden times in the history of this city. In addition, Kazimierz is attracted by its picturesque location. The river and gorges, beautiful forests and interesting hills make Kazimierz one of the most beautiful cities in Poland. This charming city is loved not only by tourists, but also by artists who at the end of the nineteenth century began to visit here willingly. The market square looks beautiful, paved with cat heads and surrounded by historic tenement houses. The historic well is located on the market square. Near it there is a parish church, and a little further, on a small hill - the ruins of the castle. The Small Market, where local Jews once lived, is also beautiful. A reminder of them is a synagogue and wooden butcher's houses. Church of St. John the Baptist and Bartholomew, originally Gothic, today proudly represents the Renaissance style. The organs inside it delight with their sound, especially when organ concerts are organized. It is also worth visiting the ruins of the castle, which was built in the mid-fourteenth century. Unfortunately, this stronghold was seriously damaged during the Swedish invasion, and at the beginning of the 19th century the Austrians blew up the castle tower. A noteworthy place in Kazimierz Dolny is the Vistula Museum and granaries, which can still be seen on the Vistula. One of them currently serves as the seat of the Natural History Museum. In Kazimierz it is also worth going to the Krzyżowa Mountain, also called the Three Crosses Mountain. This mountain is also an important archaeological site, because here, during the works, a burial mound and numerous burial traces were discovered. The famous crosses, to which the hill owes its name, were set atop in the early eighteenth century, after a great cholera epidemic.