If we want to see what the Galician market looked like years ago, it is enough to drive north through the picturesque San valley, to Mrzygłód. On site, we will see a vast market square, enclosed on all sides with wooden houses.
The houses around the square face the square, and each has two windows in the gable wall. The roofs are mostly gabled, with wide eaves. Under the formwork, there are log structures. There are long and narrow courtyards behind the houses. We can find similar houses along the streets departing from the market square.
In 1424, Mrzygłód received city rights from King Władysław Jagiełło. In accordance with the Magdeburg Law, a rectangular market square was marked out at that time, with streets running at the corners. The specific thing is that the Iłna stream, lined with stones, flows diagonally across the square. It divides the market into two separate areas connected by a bridge.
King Jagiello's memento is the monument to the ruler next to the school and the church he founded, standing on the edge of the settlement. Originally it was gothic, now it has baroque decorations. It is surrounded by a stone wall, next to it there is a screen belfry. Only the remains of the Greek Catholic church and the Jewish synagogue remained. Unfortunately, the town hall, which burned down in a fire in the 19th century, did not survive.
Mrzygłód is a typical example of a now sleepy town that has already lost its glory years. Mrzygłód lost its city rights in 1950.
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