Bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Karmelicka 19 is home to Kraków’s first Carmelite church, which is why the street itself carries the Carmelites’ name. The story begins in legend: Duke Władysław I Herman is said to have founded an earlier church here after a vision, when blooming violets in sand helped cure him of scurvy—hence the older name connected with “Piasek,” or sand. The first building we can actually place begins in 1395, launched on the initiative of Jadwiga of Poland and Władysław Jagiełło. In 1397, the church was handed over to the Carmelite Order, recently invited from Prague. A Swedish Deluge raid later left the Gothic church in ruins, and the present Baroque character was rebuilt and consecrated in 1679. On 15 August 1683, King Jan III Sobieski made his final prayers here before his departure for the Battle of Vienna. In 1997, Pope John Paul II elevated the church to the status of a minor basilica.
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