Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The construction of the Carmelite Church and Monastery began in autumn 1907 according to the plans of Tadeusz Stryjeński. By the end of 1909, the residential part was completed and put into use. In April 1910, the part of the presbytery, tower, and side chapel were finished. In November, five bells were purchased from the Hiller foundry, and in December, the organs were acquired. On December 5th, Bishop Anatol Nowak consecrated the facility. In 1911, the Chapel of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn was equipped with a wooden altar made in Gröden, Tyrol, by Ferdinand Stüflesser's company, and a painting donated by the monastery in Czerń. An image of the Immaculate Madonna was commissioned for the main altar from a painter in Bochnia, and a clock for the tower was purchased in Vienna. In 1913, the western wing of the monastery was constructed according to the design by Augustyn Tarkowski from Tarnów. In 1926, four bells were purchased from the same Hiller company to replace the ones stolen during World War I.

In the second stage of construction, from 1929 to 1932, due to the approaching global financial crisis, the original plan was abandoned. Instead, a reduced version of the main nave with three spans and a vestibule, as well as side annexes-chapels, was built according to the design by Franciszek Mączyński.

Archbishop Adam Sapieha consecrated the temple on September 11, 1932.

Object built of brick with details of cut stone, foundation made of polygonal stone. Three-aisled, basilica-style church with a two-part chancel closed in a pentagonal shape. The apse is covered with an umbrella vault. The main nave is separated from the side naves by three pointed arches. The left nave has no windows because it adjoins the monastery building.

On the facade of the church above the main entrance, there is a mosaic of the Virgin Mary adored by St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila, designed by Jan Bukowski and arranged in 1934 by Albert J. Pieczonka SJ. On the right side of the main entrance, a commemorative plaque was placed in 1963 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the January Uprising, decorated with busts of Adam Chmielowski and Brother Rafał Kalinowski, funded by the clergy of Krakow, and made according to the design of the sculptor Józef Jura.

Next to the side entrance, a small iron cross is placed on a sandstone pedestal - it used to be located at a city gate. It was placed under the Carmelite church in 1934 as a commemoration of the opening of the tram line to Rakowicki Cemetery. The fence of the church square was designed by Franciszek Mączyński.

In the vestibule, there are black marble plaques with the relic of St. Brother Albert (Adam) Chmielowski, whose remains were transferred from Rakowicki Cemetery in 1948 and buried in the church vestibule in anticipation of beatification. He rested here until the day of beatification (1983), after which the relics were moved to the Ecce Homo Church in Prądnik Czerwony. On the right side, there are the relics of St. Raphael Kalinowski, along with a bust and the inscription: "The homeland needs sweat, not blood."

The architectural and decorative design utilized a large amount of alabaster from Żurawno. Various varieties were used: snow-white, yellowish, speckled brown, and ashy. The alabaster altars, pulpit, holy water basins, and cladding of the main nave pillars were made in 1931 according to the design by Józef Szostakiewicz at the Żurawin Artistic Industry XX. Czartoryski's Works. In 1931, new organs from the Rieger company were purchased. On the left side, there is a small chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, next to which a commemorative plaque was placed, funded by the Discalced Carmelites to commemorate all the church's benefactors. The plaque was embedded on December 8, 1934, on the 25th anniversary of the start of the church's construction. On the right side, there is a chapel of Our Lady of the Gate of Dawn.

In the left side aisle, there is a Baroque painting of St. Joseph, which was painted in Rome in the second half of the 17th century. It originally belonged to the Church of St. Michael at Poselska Street 3, which was abolished on the orders of the Austrian authorities between 1835 and 1872.

In the Carmelite monastery, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła was a frequent guest during closed retreats for the clergy. Since 1927, their own publishing house, which publishes, among other things, "Voice of Carmel" (Głos Karmelu), has also operated here.