pigeon - a village in the east Poland, located in Lubelskie Voivodeship, in Puławy poviat. The pigeon is located next door Vistula and incl. thanks to this, it is one of the most important towns in the region and commune.
Large towns nearby
- Dęblin - 11 km
- Pulawy - 12 km
- The roars - 20 km
- Releases - 36 km
- Kozienice - 36 km
- Nałęczów - 40 km
- Pawns - 44 km
History
- 12th century - the first historical mention of Gołębia
- 1621 - Gołąb was ruled by Jerzy Ossoliński
- 1628-1636 - construction of the parish church
- September 5, 1638 - consecration of the church by Bishop Tomasz Oborski, suffragan of Krakow
- 1634-1642 - construction of the Loreto chapel
- February 18, 1656 - Stefan Czarniecki lost in the battle with the Swedes
- October 16, 1672 - the site of the Gołąb Confederation. Documents from that period mention a wooden manor located in the village.
- 1792 - the first maneuvers of Polish troops were carried out in the vicinity of the town.
- May 28, 1831 - two squadrons of Sandomierz cavalry defeated two squadrons of Russian dragoons around Gołęb. [3]
- 1901 - born Father Władysław Stańczak - chaplain of the National Armed Forces (1901-1967)
- 1920 - a counteroffensive against the Bolsheviks starts from Gołębie.
- September 1, 1939 - the Germans bombed the airport in Gołębia and the nearby lake. More than a dozen women who washed clothes and bedding in the lake, mistakenly considered paratroopers, died, including many children.
- In the vicinity of the village, on the night of May 12-13, 1943, the soldiers of the Peasant Battalions attacked the German holiday train.
- Near the village, on the night of September 12-13, 1943, the soldiers of the Peasant Battalions blew up a German ammunition train.
- In the years 1975–1998 the town was administratively part of the Lubelskie Province.
Monuments and attractions
- Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, St. Florian and St. Catherine in Gołębie in the mannerist style,
Loreto house and the Church of the Holy Mother of God - Loreto house - a copy of the Loreto chapel with ceramic sculptures of prophets, funded by Jerzy Ossoliński,
- figure of John of Nepomuk,
- the Piskory biocenotic reserve, the Czapliniec fauna reserve near Gołębia and the Nury lake,
- wooden railway station,
- Bonowski forest - the area of the former village of Bonów, displaced in 1936 for the construction of an aviation school training ground in Dęblin.
- Museum of Unusual Bicycles
Tourism
Tourist routes
- The Lublin Renaissance Trail
- The Vistula Trail (Dęblin-Gołąb-Puławy-Kazimierz Dolny)