St. Catherine's Church

Golub-Dobrzyń, Poland

The Gothic church of St. Catherine was built in the beginning of the 14th century. It has a Renaissance chapel of the Kostka family.

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Founded: 1320–1350
Category: Religious sites in Poland

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Tomasz Sudoł (2 years ago)
Ładny zadbany kościół. Dobre nagłośnienie, Ciekawe kazania.
Róża Kobieta (3 years ago)
The church dates back to the turn of the century, built in brick in the Gothic style. The equipment of the church comes from the Baroque period, although there are Gothic, Renaissance and Neo-Gothic elements. Over the centuries, the temple was destroyed by fire and robbed of the equipment by invaders and rebuilt. The church received its current shape in the nineteenth century.
Rafał (3 years ago)
Nice nineteenth-century church. Beautiful frescoes on the ceiling (renovated) and on the walls (waiting for refreshment). An interesting fact is the cross on the altar from the Castle in Golub (i.e. from another parish, currently another diocese and sometime from another country
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