The parish of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary with a wooden church was established in 1314 and later replaced by a brick church. The temple had various fates, with the vicarage burnt down in 1793 and a new church with three altars built between 1811 and 1813. The 19th century saw the extension and renovation of the church and vicarage. An organ was installed in 1856. The present sanctuary was built between 1949 and 1951 and is similar in appearance to the previous shrines. It is surrounded by a wall, parts of which date from the 16th to the 19th century, with a 19th-century gate.

The building houses a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary, Our Lady of Płoki, painted in the 15th century by an unknown artist in the Byzantine style, on a board covered with canvas. This particular painting on the Madonna is one of the older of such images in Poland. It was crowned in 1982. The village of Płoki is located in a mining area near Olkusz, Chrzanów, Jaworzno and Trzebinia. To this day, miners from Upper Silesia still make the most frequent pilgrimage to the painting, especially for the solemn Mass on the Sunday before the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary on 8 September, followed by a week's indulgence feast.

In addition, pilgrims visit the grave of the local parish priest Michał Rapacz, who lived from 1904 to 1946. Father Rapacz collaborated with the Home Army and later helped soldiers hiding from the Security Service during the war. He boldly proclaimed his refusal to accept the political realities of post-World War Two Poland. Father Rapacz received threats, but did not want to hide or run away. He was murdered by unknown perpetrators, possibly linked to the communist authorities.