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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Kodeń

Local name: Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Kodeńskiej

Renaissance parish church. St. Anna is home to the miraculous painting depicting Mary in the royal robe with Child in her left hand and a scepter in his right. The interior is adorned with rich stucco. Noteworthy is also the main altar with the miraculous image. The church was built in the mid-sixteenth century by a pious Nicholas Sapieha. The wooden building, unfortunately, burned down in 1680., And its place in the years 1624 to 1646 built the present brick church. The main part of the temple was founded in the late Renaissance style, but supplementing it with a baroque facade. Interesting is also the story of the picture, which reportedly was originally located in the chapel of the Pope, which partially paralyzed Sapieha experienced a miraculous recovery. Cured commissioned the theft of an image, for which he was subject to papal curse, forbidding him to enter the temple. Sapieha brought the image to the church in Kodeniu, but he could only see him through a window in the sacristy. The curse was lifted by Pope merit Sapieha on the preservation of Catholicism. In the vicinity of the Basilica is a centuries-old tree-lined avenue leading to the Bug River, meadows and park remaining after the former castle of Sapieha. Kodeń of the most famous Marian shrines in Poland.

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Rynek 121-509 Kodeń , Poland