8 Kolobrzeska, Bydgoszcz, Poland
The Loreto house in Gołębie was built in the years 1634-38. The founders and initiators of the House in Gołębiu were Fr. Szymon Grzybowski (parish priest in 1616-36) and chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński. It was he who, during his mission to Rome, made a pilgrimage to Loreto and vowed to erect the House of the Holy Family, modeled on an Italian chapel. The house in Gołębia is pink and white and twice the size of the original. It stands right next to the church of St. Catherine and St. Florian. It was built on a rectangular plan and in fact it is two buildings in one, because the inner chapel, i.e. the actual House of the Holy Family, it is surrounded by a narrow yard. The interior is illuminated by an oval opening in the vault and a small window in one of the walls - according to tradition, the angel announcing the conception of Jesus to Mary was to enter. The chapel in Gołębie was built of limestone. In the niches between the columns there are copies (the originals are in the church) of ceramic sculptures of the prophets. Only six of the ten figures have survived. Three represent Noah, Aaron and Isaiah and they decorate the northern facade of the house. Sculptures of Ezekiel and Moses - south. The sixth prophet in the right niche of the eastern façade has not been identified. On both sides of the entrances there are reliefs of the four Evangelists and St. Joseph, John the Baptist, Peter and Paul. The walls inside are decorated with 17th-century polychromes depicting scenes from the life of the Mother of God.
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