▁Hung ary ▁J ános ▁Sz ap oly ai ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁town . ▁The ▁town ▁prosper ed ▁during ▁the ▁Polish ▁Golden ▁Age , ▁when ▁it ▁belonged ▁to ▁Het man ▁Jan ▁T arn owski ▁( 1 4 8 8 – 1 5 6 1 ). ▁In ▁the ▁mid - 1 6 th ▁century , ▁its ▁population ▁was ▁app . ▁ 1 , 2 0 0 , ▁with ▁ 2 0 0 ▁houses ▁located ▁within ▁town ' s ▁def ensive ▁wall ▁( the ▁wall ▁itself ▁had ▁been ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 5 th ▁century , ▁and ▁expanded ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ). ▁In ▁ 1 4 6 7 , ▁the ▁water works ▁and ▁se w age ▁systems ▁were ▁completed , ▁with ▁large ▁c is tern s ▁filled ▁with ▁drink ing ▁water ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁main ▁market ▁square . ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century , ▁during ▁the ▁period ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Polish ▁Golden ▁Age , ▁T arn ów ▁had ▁a ▁school , ▁a ▁syn agog ue , ▁a ▁Cal vin ist ▁prayer ▁house , ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁churches , ▁and ▁up ▁to ▁twelve ▁gu ild s . ▁ ▁Polish - L ith uan ian ▁Commonwealth ▁After ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Jan ▁T arn owski ▁( 1 6 ▁May ▁ 1 5 6 1 ), ▁Italian ▁sculpt or ▁Jan ▁Maria ▁Pad ov ano ▁began ▁creating ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁beautiful ▁examples ▁of ▁Renaissance ▁head st ones ▁in ▁the ▁Polish - L ith uan ian ▁Commonwealth . ▁The ▁monument ▁of ▁het man