The oldest Cistercian monastery in Poland is located in the town of Jędrzejów. It is one of the most important and most willingly visited relics.

The monastic brothers, who came there in the 13th century, had a great impact on the growth of the locality. They supported the establishment of smelters, glasshouses, the development of metallurgy, agriculture and animal farming. The hospital and hospice were also instituted by the Cistercians.

The medieval author of the first Polish chronicle, Wincenty Kadłubek, lived and acted there, so there is a chapel dedicated to him.

It is hard to overlook Nagłowice, a place where Mikołaj Rej lived and wrote. He was a remarkable renaissance poet. There is a museum in his manor house where copies of his manuscripts are on show.

It seems like time has stopped in the Museum of Clocks. The collection of chronometers, mechanical watches, astronomic devices, and old prints are displayed there. A part of this collection is shown in the so-called garden of time.