The Loreto House ( pl, Domek loretański w Gołębiu) in

Gołąb Gołąb (meaning "dove") may refer to: * Gołąb (surname) * Gołąb, Chełm County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * Gołąb, Lubartów County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) *Gołąb, Puławy County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland) * ...

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

, is a religious building dedicated to the cult of the

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of Loreto. The building illustrates the influence of Italian Mannerism on architecture in Poland. Furthermore, it is the exact replica of the

Basilica della Santa Casa The Basilica della Santa Casa ( en, Basilica of the Holy House) is a Marian shrine in Loreto, in the Marches, Italy. The basilica is known for enshrining the house in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is believed by some Catholics to have lived. Pio ...

in Loreto. The building was founded by Chancellor

Jerzy Ossoliński Prince Jerzy Ossoliński h. Topór (15 December 1595 – 9 August 1650) was a Polish nobleman (''szlachcic''), Crown Court Treasurer from 1632, governor (''voivode'') of Sandomierz from 1636, ''Reichsfürst'' (Imperial Prince) since 1634, Crown ...

(1595-1650). Built between 1634-1638, the build was

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on the 12 September 1638. The building's named benefactors were Szymon Grzybowski (priest 1616-36) and chancellor Jerzy Ossoliński.

Structure

The building is located close to the southern wall which encircled the cemetery; equally distant from the Church of St. Catherine and St. Florian. The build is built on a rectangular plan. The structure has two condignations: the lower hasa

risalit An ''avant-corps'' ( it, avancorpo or , plural , german: Risalit, pl, ryzalit), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the ''corps de logis'', often taller than othe ...

column A column or pillar in architecture and structural engineering is a structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. In other words, a column is a compression member. ...

features, whilst the upper condignation has risalit-

aedicula In ancient Roman religion, an ''aedicula'' (plural ''aediculae'') is a small shrine, and in classical architecture refers to a niche covered by a pediment or entablature supported by a pair of columns and typically framing a statue,"aedicula, n." ...

r features. The Loreto House has a double-walled construction. The exterior wall is stone-brick and plaster. This wall conceals the simple interior walls plastered on the inside. The inside is illuminated by small holes in the plaster and a small barred window, which symbolises the window through which

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announced to the

that she would

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and become the mother of

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, the Son of God (the

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Gallery

File:Gołąb domek loretański 2.jpg,

Bas-relief Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impression that the ...

on the

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File:Gołąb domek loretański 4.jpg, Statue of

Ezekiel Ezekiel (; he, יְחֶזְקֵאל ''Yəḥezqēʾl'' ; in the Septuagint written in grc-koi, Ἰεζεκιήλ ) is the central protagonist of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Ezekiel is acknow ...

on the southern wall of the building File:Gołąb domek loretański 10.jpg,

Fresco Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

inside the building

References

{{Reflist Religious buildings and structures completed in 1638 The Most Holy Virgin Mary, Queen of Poland

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