sentences:  As a royal town, the city managed to defend many of its initial privileges, and in 1426 a new town hall was built.The Polish king Mieszko III the Old was buried in Kalisz.In 1574 the Jesuits came to Kalisz and in 1584 opened a Jesuit College, which became one of the most notable centres of education in Poland; around this time, however, the importance of Kalisz began to decline somewhat, its place being taken by nearby Poznań.