Pińczów is the capital of Ponidzie, a town picturesquely situated on the hills on the Nida River. The city has retained its provincial charm, old buildings, and a valuable complex of Renaissance monuments. The city has a historic urban layout, with a market square with a stone fountain. Near the market square is the late Renaissance parish Church of St. John the Evangelist and the Pauline monastery. In the part of the city called Mirów is an early Baroque complex of a Reformed church and monastery, and two Renaissance monuments: a synagogue and a house called the Arian printing house. Zagość is a village located north of Wiślica and 9 km east of the town of Pińczów. The origins of the village date back to the 7th century. Zagość was the first seat of the Hospitallers in Poland. Henryk Sandomierski brought the monks here and a Romanesque church was built, expanded in the Gothic style. Currently, the church is located near the cemetery and is the center of the village. Jędrzejów is a city located in the Nida River valley. It received its current name at the beginning of the 12th century. Previously, it was the village of Brzeźnica, which existed since the 7th century. An important moment in the history of the settlement was the founding of a Cistercian monastery in 1140. The city was an important trading center until the 19th century. One of the tourist attractions in Jędrzejów is the Przypkowski Museum, which has one of the largest collections of clocks; the museum ranks third in the world in terms of the number and value of sundials.