The article describes the history of the settlement of Podkamień near Lviv, where a Polish Dominican monastery was founded in 1234 and destroyed just nine years later. A legend related to the sanctity of the site is also cited, followed by subsequent, including Polish rulers of Podkamień. (Source: Tygodnik Illustrowany, Warsaw 1861, T:4, pp. 15-16., after: Digital Library of the University of Lodz)