Pilica is located in a picturesque river valley of a river which sources are 2 kilometres west of the city, surrounded with Jurassic hills.

It lies 350 meters high above sea level. It belongs to Silesian voivodeship, to Zawiercie district in respect of administration. A parish church was built in 1325. A date of the origin of the present St. John the Baptist and John the Apostle church is not known, but approximately dated to 14^th century. It has been rebuilt many times over the years.

A Gothic, groin vaulted, buttressed and lit with an ogival window sanctuary preserved from the original building. On northern side a sacristy, decorated with an attic and coats of arms of former owners of Pilica, adheres to the sanctuary. A renaissance grave chapel of Padniewski family with a late renaissance gantry and red marble grave of Anna and Mikołaj Padniewscy (work of the Italian artist Kasper Fodige) added in 1601, adheres to the sanctuary on the southern side.

 

A neighbouring baroque chapel of St. Joseph from 1700 is a work of architecture and art; there are an interesting barrel vault and late baroque polychromy. There is the True Cross chapel from 1701 close to the entrance to the aisle.