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The beginnings of settlement in the Żary area date back to prehistoric times. The name “Zara” (deriving most likely from a small, independent Slav tribe) appeared for the first time in 1007 in Thietmar’s chronicle.
Despite significant war damages, many interesting architectural historic sites have been preserved in Żary, including its medieval municipal urban arrangement.

In the northwest part of the city there is the Dewin-Biberstein Castle, a huge, 13th century structure, reconstructed later in the Renaissance style. It neighbors on the Baroque Promnitz Palace, which was designed by Italian architect Giovanni Simonetti.

The Gothic Sacred Heart Church towers above the Old Town. The church, which obtained its principal shape in the 15th century, remembers the times when the city was chartered.

One of the main treasures of the Market Square is the newly renovated Town Hall dating from the turn of the 14th century, featuring a beautiful Renaissance portal. There are also tenement houses that surround the Market Square and some at Bolesława Chrobrego Street, which is a major commercial thoroughfare of the city. The oldest buildings date from the 17th century.

The remains of the medieval fortifications of the city are fragments of walls, two defense towers, and a stone belfry from the turn of the 14th century. One of the tourist and natural attractions of the area is the “Green Forest” located near the southern border of the city.