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Plac Solny 32, Wiślica
Długosz House stands in Wiślica, a small town on the Nida river in the Świętokrzyskie region, regarded as one of the oldest settlement centres of Lesser Poland. The building dates from the 15th century and was founded by Jan Długosz of the Wieniawa coat of arms, a chronicler, cleric, geographer and diplomat. It is one of the few surviving Gothic residential houses in Poland.
The interiors retain Gothic details: stone portals, a beamed ceiling and one bearing the Wieniawa coat of arms, as well as fragments of old polychrome decoration. The exhibition presents Długosz and the realities of his era. The cellars house the Regional Museum, while part of the building above ground still serves as a presbytery and is not fully open to visitors.
The house originally served as lodgings for the vicars of the Wiślica collegiate church. Tradition holds that Długosz taught the sons of King Casimir IV Jagiellon here. The museum organises educational activities, including calligraphy workshops. The visit is worth combining with the neighbouring basilica and its slab of the orants.
Source: https://mnki.pl/wislica/pl/dla_zwiedzajacych/wystawa_stala/dom_dlugosza
