A town founded in 1543 by the Lublin Voivod Piotr Firlej (Firlej’s coat of arms called the Lewart gave the original name to the town – Lewartów). In the past it was a thriving centre of the Reformation, in the 18th c. became the property of the Sanguszko Family. Prince Paweł Karol Sanguszko founded many Baroque buildings in the town e.g. St. Anne’s Parish Church, St. Lawrence’s Church of the Capuchin Order, and a palace in the geometrically arranged park with a pond. Some examples of the historic architecture in the market square have survived to the present day. In Kościuszko Street there are two brick manor houses from the first half of the 19th c.