The historic gazebo in Fordon was built in 1905 and was entered into the register of historic buildings in 2017. It is unique because it is the only place of its kind preserved in Bydgoszcz, one of the few gazebos in northern Poland. Thanks to the attention to detail and architectural finesse—including the woodcarving on elements such as the endsof the ceiling beams and rafters, and keystones with cone-shaped ends, the veranda serves as an ornament to this simple tenement house.

A kuczka is a type of permanent tent, a place of prayer and gathering during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, which falls in the fall and is known by Poles as the Feast of the Kuczki (booths). This joyful holiday, during which people eat fruit and sweets, commemorates the 40-year journey of the Jews through the desert after their escape from Egypt, when they lived, like nomads, in tents. In Poland, due to weather conditions, the huts took the form not of tents but of more durable wooden structures attached to residential buildings. Few Jews could afford such a permanent structure as the one built in Fordon by Itzig Barness, the owner of a thriving trading company.

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Kuczka (Old Fordon)

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