"Drzewna - Węgierska - Jagiellońska"

In the Middle Ages and in modern times, the street running south from the Nowy Sącz market square to the Hungarian Gate was called Drzewna, later (for most of the 19th century after the demolition of the defensive walls) Węgierska, and from 1886 Jagiellońska. Sources mentioning Drzewna (platea Lignali) state that in the 16th century it was "paved" with stone and "dived" in some places. It is also known that it was built with wooden houses, which were more expensive than buildings in other parts of the city, with the exception of the market square, where the value of the house (usually made of brick) was three or even four times higher than in any other street in Nowy Sącz.

Drzewna Street, in the line of the city walls, was closed by a Hungarian gate with a cooper's tower (flanked by weavers' and tailors' towers), which in the mid-16th century was secured with a foregate, built to strengthen the most accessible section of the city walls in terms of terrain. The demolition of the city embankments in Austrian times extended the length of the former Drzewna street. At that time - already known as Hungarian - it ran along the line of the former trade route through an area with sparse development, referred to in the Old Polish period as the Hungarian or Greater suburb. A fundamental change in the appearance of this street was associated with the introduction in the second half of the 19th century of lighting squares and streets in Nowy Sącz with kerosene lamps, and then (from 1912) with electric ones. The transformation of the former Węgierska Street, renamed Jagiellońska Street, into a prestigious artery was associated with the disastrous fire of Nowy Sącz on April 17, 1894. This disaster forced the accelerated modernization of Nowy Sącz, which resulted in, among others, laying 120 meters of sidewalk at Jagiellońska Street and then paving it with tree stumps.