THE CHURCH AND MONASTERY OF THE BERNARDINE FATHERS WERE BUILT IN THE EARLY 17-TH CENTURY. THEY DETERMINED THE TOWN BOUNDARY AND WERE A PART OF TOWN FORTIFICATION. AT THAT TIME THE CHURCH OFFERED REFUGE FROM TATAR INVASIONS TO THE LOCAL POPULATION .CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE WAS COMMENCED BY MIKOLAJ SPYTKO LIGEZA.( THE OWNER OF RZESZÓW AT THAT TIME) IN 1624, AND WAS INITIALLY INTENDED TO COMPRISE A MAUSOLEUM OF THE MEMBERS OF HIS DYNASTY. THE CHURCH AND MONASTERY HAVE MANY MYSTERIES TO HIDE. SEVERAL YEARS AGO HUMAN SKULLS WERE DISCOVERED IN THE WALL ABOVE THE ENTRANCE. THE CHURCH HAS BEEN A PLACE OF NUMEROUS PILGRIMAGES FOR SEVERAL CENTURIES. CROWDS OF WORSHIPPERS ARE ATTRACTED HERE BY THE LATE GOTHIC FIGURE OF OUR LADY WITH HER INFANT, CONSIDERED AS MIRACULOUS. IT HAS BEEN AN IMAGE OF GREAT WORSHIP SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. NUMEROUS MIRACLES EXPERIENCED BY ITS WORSHIPPERS WERE DESCRIBED IN MONASTERY CHRONICLES.