Wiślica - Bazylika kolegiacka Narodzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny

The Gothic collegiate church was built in the 14th century under Casimir the Great on the foundations of two Romanesque predecessor churches.

The construction of the first Romanesque church was started by Henryk Sandomierski and completed in the second half of the 12th century by his brother Casimir the Just. It was a small, single-nave building with an apse,

At the beginning of the 13th century the second, enlarged collegiate church was built. It consisted of three naves and had two towers on the western facade. Probably since the middle of the 12th century, the church was the center of a chapter headed by the bishops of Krakow.

The third collegiate church, which is preserved to this day, was founded by Casimir the Great. Its construction was started in 1350, and the lower western mass was preserved from the earlier Romanesque church. The king had it built as an expiatory church for the murder of the canon Marcin Baryczko. The preacher was murdered in 1349, probably with the consent of Casimir. The collegiate church was damaged several times and then rebuilt.

In the late 18th century Wiślica became part of the Austrian Empire. After the Napoleonic Wars it was annexed by the Russian Empire until after WWI.

In 1915, the church was severely damaged by Austrian artillery. The western facade was destroyed along with the 13th century towers. After the war, when Wiślica became part of the Second Polish Republic, the damage was repaired.