Tarnowskie Góry can boast a historic urban layout dating from the sixteenth century. In those days, this miners’ settlement received many extensive privileges from the dukes, the then owners, which has also an impact on the look of the city. Tarnowskie Góry was founded amid borrow pits and spoil pits, therefore, the market square itself, as well as the grid of streets have an irregular shape. To this day, the historical centre has retained many interesting secular and religious monuments.