Divine Mercy Sanctuary, Kraków

[3][4] The site of the building originally housed the neo-Gothic monastery complex of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (founded in 1862), which was designed by Charles Zaremba and was built between 1889 and 1891.

In 1968 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła (later Pope John Paul II) designated the church as a shrine, thanks to the remains of Sister Faustina.

[3] The altar in the main sanctuary houses the Divine Mercy painting and relics of Saint Faustina.

The upper part of the basilica has free-standing post-modern Chapel of Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.

[6][7] On June 17, 1997, Pope John Paul II visited the church to pray at the tomb of Saint Faustina—an event commemorated by a relief at the entrance to the chapel.