History is not just a collection of dates, rulers and wars.
It is also about ordinary human affairs, only set in different costumes, and legends in which there is always a grain of truth.

Krystyna Dubiel, a guide and expert in local history, has passed on a story about Nysa and its environs.
The following illustrations were created for a guide to Nysa, which was written by her.

The Basilica of St. James and St. Agnes is one of the biggest Gothic churches in Poland. An impressive building with many art treasures such as a valuable complex of grave sculptures (15th -18th centuries). In several of the Gothic chapels, there are late Renaissance and baroque altars. In the baroque chapels there are stucco-works and polychromes made by F.A. Scheffler. Especially interesting: the main altar - a late Gothic/Renaissance triptych, a sculpture of St. Anne of 1500, a baptismal font from the late 15th century. Nearby, a detached late Gothic belfry.

The Beautiful Well – listed as one of the greatest gems of Nysa. Its intricate wrought-iron top was funded by the jewelers of Nysa in 1686.

Built-in the years 1700-1701, imitates a Roman fountain by Lorenzo Bernini. Made of marble from Sławniowice village. One of the key historical monuments of the „Silesian Rome”.