Market Square In Chelmsko Slaskie Royalty-Free Stock Image

When you are on the market square in Che?msko ?l?ski, you can feel like you are in the center of a small town. Low tenement houses with arcades stand on one side of the market square. On the other hand, the tenement houses are located a bit higher and are very dilapidated, like the rest of the buildings on the market square, where you will not find a single cafe. The only one nearby, it is located in the "Weavers' Houses", also known as the Twelve Apostles, a monument of exceptional class.The town hall, which was located in tenement house no., is missing in the middle of the square there is, however, a well with a figure of John of Nepomuk. The tower of the parish church of the Holy Family dominates the market square.From the 14th century until the dissolution of the order in 1810, the town was owned by the Cistercian monastery from Krzeszów. In the 16th century, it developed as a center of cottage weaving and linen trade. The fabrics produced in Che?msko ?laski were appreciated by buyers throughout Europe. Che?msko gained a small-town character in the mid-17th century when burgher tenement houses and the famous weavers' houses near the market square - the Twelve Apostles and the Seven Brothers - were built, although only one has survived to this day.