Lancut

Lancut, is a metropolis in south-jap Poland, with 18,004 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Situated within the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, it's far the capital of Lancut County. Archeological investigations accomplished within the area of Lancut verify the lifestyles of human settlements from approximately 4000 years BC. The first proprietor of the metropolis turned into Otton Pilecki, who became given the Lancut estate by way of the Polish king, Casimir III the Great, in 1349, as a praise for his provider. At the identical time, the king also granted Lancut its town rights according to Magdeburg law.

In 1381, Lancut was formally named a ‘town’ for the first time, via Otton Pilecki, inside the basis constitution of the metropolis. Lancut remained below the possession of the Pilecki circle of relatives up to 1586. The city changed into then owned consecutively through aristocratic Polish families of Stadnicki, Lubomirski, and Potocki. Lancut became bought through Stanislaw Lubomirski in 1629, at which era he secured the services of architect Matteo Trapola and the stuccoist Giovanni Battista Falconi, so one can construct a fortified house within the city, Lancut Castle, completed in 1641 and reconstructed generally considering. Jerzy Sebastian Lubomirski, fearing assault from the Swedes, similarly reinforced the fortifications.