The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Kalwaria (Calvary) in Poland

the painting was presented to the public worship again and placed in the main church at the altar of St. Anna. In the years between 1658 and 1667, Mikolaj Zebrzydowski built a special chapel to hold it in and in 1667 the painting was placed there. This image of Our Lady made Kalwaria Zebrzydowska an important centre for Marian devotion and increased the the influx of pilgrims to the Sanctuary.

Over two centuries later, on the 15th of August 1887, the Kalwaria painting was crowned by Bishop Albin Dunajewski from Krakow, in the presence of thousands of pilgrims. This made the Marian devotion flourish even more.

The Kalwaria Sanctuary received special importance during the time of Karol Wojtyla, the archbishop and metropolitan in the years 1963