Stara Wieś - Sanktuarium Matki Bożej Starowiejskiej

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The village was founded in the 14th century by King Casimir the Great. Centuries later, in 1896, a certain poet wanted to start extracting crude oil in the area. The plan came to nothing, yet to this day wisps of gas escape from the plugged boreholes on a hill with the unusual name of Parnas, burning off immediately as they emerge. Among the more traditional attractions are the late Baroque Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the grave of the Bar Confederates, raised in the form of a tall burial mound topped with a small chapel. It is worth knowing that the local Museum of the Society of Jesus of the Province of Southern Poland in Stara Wieś holds and displays around 4,000 interesting exhibits from various parts of the world.