In the second half of the 10th century, it became a gord, called Piotrówka, which was protected by a rampart and a moat. It was an early medieval town in the valley of the Mleczna River (on the approximate site of present-day Old Town). Radom's original settlement dates back to the 8th–9th century. Saint Wenceslaus church, the city's oldest church The international Radom Jazz Festival and the International Gombrowicz Theater Festival are held in the city. The city continues to produce military firearms for the Polish Armed Forces. "Radom" is also the popular unofficial name for a semiautomatic FB Vis pistol, which was produced from 1935 to 1944 by Radom's Łucznik Arms Factory. The city is home to the biennial Radom Air Show, the largest air show in the country, held during the last weekend of August. In 1976, it was a center of the June 1976 protests. The Nihil novi and Łaski's Statute were adopted by the Sejm at Radom's Royal Castle in 1505. It was a significant center of administration, having served as seat of the Crown Council which ratified the Pact of Vilnius and Radom between Lithuania and Poland in 1401. Despite being part of the Masovian Voivodeship, the city historically belongs to Lesser Poland.
įor centuries, Radom was part of the Sandomierz Province of the Kingdom of Poland and the later Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Radom is the fourteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province with a population of 209,296 as of 2020. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship (since 1999), having previously been the seat of a separate Radom Voivodeship (1975–1998). Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately 100 kilometres (62 miles) south of the capital, Warsaw.
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