 A former Greek Catholic Cathedral and currently the Parish church, the Basilica of the Virgin Mary stands on the site of an Orthodox church of the same name, founded by Daniel Romanowicz in about 1260.After a fire in 1640, it was rebuilt by bishop Metody Terlecki who introduced some small changes.As the years went by, the church needed to be enlarged and in 1711 bishop Józef Lewicki began repair works and built a transept.