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Unfortunately, on a weekday, before noon, the church is closed.

August 2, 2025. Hole in the bridge, one plank missing.

Until the mid-17th century, there was a wooden church here. Around 1670, another wooden church was built in the immediate vicinity of the Bzura River. Due to frequent floods, it was moved to its current location in 1841. The temple built at the initiative of Father Józef Krawczykowski existed until 1916. It burned down during World War I. A wooden temple was built on the foundations of the old church in 1917. After World War II, it turned out to be too small for the growing community. In 1978, the then parish priest, Father Paweł Flaszczyński, unable to obtain the appropriate permits to build a new temple, undertook to build it with the help of the parishioners without consent or designs. On April 8, 1978, in one day, about one hundred and fifty parishioners built the walls of the new temple, enclosing the wooden church with them, which was then demolished. The construction works that had begun were continued despite the penalty imposed, and as a result, the church in its present form was built. It was consecrated on July 26, 1980 by the auxiliary bishop of Warsaw, Jerzy Modzelewski.

Comfortable, functional, easily accessible to all travelers, safe, and renovated in a way that highlights its historical beauty – this is the neo-Renaissance PKP station today, which has undergone comprehensive modernization. The station, built in 1901-1902, has been adapted to modern standards of passenger service while maintaining its architectural values. The brick elevation of the monument, along with the details found on it, has been renovated. The window and door joinery has been reconstructed following the historical model, and the roof covering has been replaced, covering the station with titanium-zinc sheet metal. An interesting feature on the building's facade is the placement of a stylized clock in the upper fanlight of the main entrance. The entire visual effect achieved thanks to the reconstruction has been emphasized by new illumination.

Branch of the Station Museum (formerly the Railway Museum in Warsaw). The museum has the largest collection of narrow-gauge rolling stock in Europe.

Roadside chapel with a statue of Mary. Fenced, decorated and well-maintained.

It is a Gothic-Renaissance three-nave basilica, the result of the reconstruction of the original Gothic church, flanked by three large, cylindrical towers – two in the western corners, framing a wide narthex, and one above the presbytery apse, with a gallery in the tower above the presbytery. The barrel vault is decorated with a coffered network of repeating rectangular motifs and covered with rich polychrome. A two-story tunnel porch with embrasures runs around the church. The church was founded by Jan Brochowski of the Prawdzic coat of arms – a Warsaw soldier and owner of the village – and his family; it was built between 1551 and 1561 by the renowned mason Jan Baptista of Venice, active in Mazovia (he built or rebuilt churches in Brok, Płock, and Pułtusk, among others). The church's defensive character is emphasized by its three towers, which dominate the surrounding area like the castle's towers. It was also rebuilt later, including after 1655, thanks to the efforts of Albert Adrian Lasocki. It was during this time that the brick bastion walls surrounding the church grounds were built. Remnants of the moat still survive on the Bzura River side. Inside, above the side aisles, is a long porch, which allowed for a connection between the towers. Typical of the style of John Baptist of Venice is the barrel vault with a grid of decorative coffered ribs in the form of circles and rectangles.