BOREK STARY, GM. TYCZYN, POW. RZESZOWSKI
One of the oldest places of worship and pilgrimage in Subcarpathia. According to legend, in the XIII
century an unknown man placed an image of Our Lady of Borecka in a wooden chapel on the hill.
It is painted on a linden board with dimensions of 66-74 cm. At the foot of the hill ejaculated
spring at which miracles began to happen. Next to the spring until the 19th century stood many open
wooden chapels, which were erected by the faithful, placing images of MB in them. At the end
of the 19th century, a grotto with a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes was built next to the spring. Numerous
votives hang around it. Water from the spring is said to have healing properties.
Sources of information: information board at the source; Wisniewski 1998, 17-19; Chowaniec
2007, 84; http://www.nowiny24.pl/reportaze/art/6167379,borek-stary-male-cuda-dzieja-sie-tu-kazdego-dnia,id,t.html (accessed 20.03.2022); field search.
Geographic coordinates: 49.95503, 22.08140
