In 1831 in Galicia there were former insurgents form the troops of the generals: Józef Dwernicki, Girolamo Ramorina, Samuel Różycki and others. They left their memories which are utilised by the present article: twenty five diaries, memoirs, journals and correspondence. The social- -economic features of Galician cities, towns and villages were selected from the above sources. The descriptions of itineraries also depict the picture of infrastructure or historical monuments of the locations passed by the insurgents. The analysed texts perceived circular cities as made of brick, with many so-called keepsakes of the past. Towns, dominant in Galician landscape were perceived as neat and tidy but muddy places with wooden buildings. The characteristic feature of the countryside was the so-called chimneyless huts. Galicia in 1831 was a land full of manor houses of various sizes where the nobility was sympathetic towards the national cause.