Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Consolation

Church The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Stara Błotnica is one of the most important sacred temples of the Radom region, performing the Marian Sanctuary . It was erected in the place of an earlier wooden church. Saint. Piotr the Apostle, who was located in the former early medieval stronghold . The initiator of the construction of the current, stone temple was priest Sebastian Saryusz Skórkowski , who began work at 1759 .

Unfortunately, the founder's death interrupted the investment - until then it was possible to erect walls and towers to the height of the crown , which was covered with a roof with a roof with a lap chase . From September 8, 2000 , the Pauline Fathers are the care of the sanctuary, who continue their spiritual care for this unique place.

In the northern tower of the church there are three bells from 1545 , which survived the historical storms and are one of the oldest preserved bells today in region. The interior of the temple is delighted with the neoclassical great altar of the project of Antoni Wąsowski , made by the Warsaw woodcarus Józef Fetter , which also created the pulpit . The walls of the temple are decorated with polychrome of Kazimierz Alchimowicz from years 1908–1910 , constituting a high -class work of sacred painting. age . This painting was crowned on August 21, 1977 by the then metropolitan of Krakow, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła , which gave the sanctuary the rank of a special place of Marian cult.