Szydłowiec Town Hall is a late Renaissance building that is the seat of the mayor and local government administration of Szydłowiec.

Function

The town hall is the seat of the Mayor and The Town Council administration.

History

In the centre of typical medieval town square of Szydłowiec there is a late

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town hall built in 1602–1629. It is counted among the most impressive and precious monuments of Burgher architecture in

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. Its silhouette resembles to some degree the town hall of

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, but makes a grander impression. Its noble figure makes the town hall the most characteristic landmark of the town. In front of the town hall's façade there is the town's historical pillory. It goes back to the first half of the 17th century. Szydłowiec's pillory is a unique

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of the kind in Poland.

Sources

* Łoziński, J. Z. and Wolff, B., eds. (1961). ''Katalog Zabytków Sztuki w Polsce''. Vol. 3. Warsaw: E. Krygier, J. Z. Łoziński. * Słomińska-Paprocka, D. (2009). ''Powiat szydłowiecki w województwie mazowieckim''. Szydłowiec.
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