June 29, 2026

Sigismund I the Old, king of both Poland and Lithuania, was chosen as ruler in Vilnius on 13 September 1506. In which small Polish town, which he ordered moved to a safer spot in 1524 after enemy raids kept destroying it, is his rebuilding order still remembered?

A Liw
B Prague
C Niepołomice
D Leżajsk

After being raided many times, the town of Lezajsk was moved to a better-defended spot in 1524 by an order from King Sigismund I. He is also remembered in Vilnius for a 1522 rule that made the city magistrates keep armed guards to protect the city.

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