Less than thirty kilometers south-west of Lublin lies Bełżyce - one of the oldest cities in the Lublin region. Thanks to Władysław Jagiełło, the town obtained a municipal charter as early as 1417. The resulting city was not a royal property, but a part of the private nobility. To this day, you can find some remains of the XV century Bełżyce castle, proving the position and wealth of the local magnates. Unfortunately, the castle did not survive in its original form. It was rebuilt into a brewery, distillery, and then a dairy. The original castle form was destroyed by the Cossacks during the Khmelnytsky Uprising. Allegedly, you can still hear the wails of the victims of those events at night.

A manor and park complex from the XIX century has been preserved in Bełżyce. At the local XIX century Roman Catholic cemetery lie members of distinguished local families, and there is also a mass grave of prisoners from the former German camp at Majdanek. Opposite the entrance to the cemetery is the Mound, erected by the local inhabitants in 1905 in honour of the great patriot and Polish hero - Tadeusz Kościuszko. Beneath it an urn with soil from the battlefield near Maciejowice was placed.

Bełżyce, like most Lublin cities and towns, was characterized by ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity. The Jewish cemetery founded in the 1830s reminds of the Jews who used to live here.

The history of the Bełżyce church of Conversion of St. Paul testifies to the multicultural past of the town. Initially Gothic, the church was transformed in the XVI century into a Calvinist church. In 1654, the temple returned to the Catholics and was rebuilt in the Lublin Renaissance style. A closed semi-circular wall was erected, the presbtery was decorated with a console frieze, and its vault was covered with stucco decoration. The church tower dates back to the late XVII century. In 1822, the building burnt down and was rebuilt in 1855–1857. In the Baroque interior of the church one can see the main altar with the image of Our Lady of Częstochowa, a curtain with the conversion of St. Paul, and depictions of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr, St. Adalbert, St. Florian, and St. Theodore. In four of the XVIII century side altars there are images of the Virgin Mary with the Child, St. Joseph, St. Anthony, and the figure of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. In the fifth neoclassical altar there is a picture of Christ crucified from the mid XIX century. The vestry houses antique chasubles and liturgical vessels from the XVI and XVII centuries. The church complex also includes a XVII century bell tower, a parish house from the XIX century, and an organs from the 1920's. Bełżyce Church of the Conversion of St. Paul is included on the Lublin Renaissance Trail.