Belz is situated in a fertile plain which tribes of Indo-European origin settled in ancient times: Celtic Lugii,[REF][REF] next (2nd-5th century) German Goths,[REF][REF] slavized Sarmatians (White Croats),[REF] and at last Slavic Lendians [REF].
Belz was under Polish rule from 1366 to 1772, first as a fief, and since 1462 as the capital of a voivodeship.