Almost all Polish kings visited Niepołomice. They hunted in the nearby forests, feasted and performed their duties in the castle. This is where royal congresses and judgements were taking place, important decisions were made, privileges were granted, deputies, papal envoys and representatives of royal dynasties were received. This is where potential alliances and unions, including matrimonial ones, were being contemplated to facilitate the expansion of political influences. Władysław Jagiełło, who loved Niepołomice more than Wawel, signed more than 70 different documents here to regulate matters such as settlements and the domestic economy. This is where he celebrated a great victory over the Teutonic Order and from where he set off at the head of the knights in a triumphal procession to Krakow. The representative Portrait Room is decorated with portraits of Polish rulers (copies of portraits by Jan Matejko), a tapestry with the national emblem of Poland of 1927 and stained glass with a monogram of Sigismund August (Sigismundus Augustus) designed by Józef Dutkiewicz, the architecture engineer who was in charge of the maintenance work in the castle. Adjacent rooms house the exhibition titled ‘Niepołomice. Miasto, czas i ludzie’ (Niepołomice. The Town, Time and People’) that tells the story of the town and its inhabitants from the first partition of the Republic of Poland to the outbreak of World War II.