Although a tiny town of just 12,000 Strzelno is one of the most important points on the trail of the Piasts. Visit St. Adalbert’s Hill to view the Church of St. Prokopus, a rotund house of worship whose history allegedly goes back to the 12th century. Next to it is the Basilica, and though it was retouched in Baroque style its history goes way beyond those times; in 1946 routine restoration work by professor Zdzisław Kępinski revealed a set of Romanesque columns which had been hidden from view for over 200 years. These columns are thought to be over 800 years old, and the only similar ones on record are to be found in Venice and Santiago de Compostella.