THE MOST IMPRESSIVE BUILDING IN THE OLD TOWN SQUARE IN RZESZÓW IS THE TOWN HALL. ITS BEGINNINGS GO BACK TO THE END OF THE 16TH CENTURY. IT WAS ERECTED ON THE WALLS OF A FORMER BUILDING BY MIKOŁAJ SPYTEK LIGEZA BEFORE 1591.
THE BUILDING FOUNDED BY LIGEZA WAS ALTERED ACCORDING TO THE CLASSICIST STYLE IN THE 18TH CENTURY, AND IT WAS IN THAT SHAPE THAT IT SURVIVED UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY.
THE WORK ON ADAPTING THE BUILDING FOR THE NEEDS OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL WAS CONDUCTED IN 1867 AND 1884 AND, SUBSEQUENTLY, THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETELY REBUILT, AS WELL AS EXPANDED, IN THE PERIOD 1897-98. THE THIRD FLOOR WAS ADDED AND A LARGE COUNCIL ROOM WAS PREPARED UPSTAIRS. DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION WORK THE TOWN HALL WAS GIVEN A PSEUDO-GOTHIC LOOK, FASHIONABLE AT THAT TIME. THE GABLE WAS EMBELLISHED WITH A CLOCK, AND AN EAGLE MADE OF GILDED COPPER SHEET WAS PLACED ABOVE.