Kościół św. Piotra i Pawła w Rokiciu, Romanesque parish church in Rokicie, Poland.
Saints Peter and Paul Church in Rokicie is a small Romanesque church 18 metres long, made of three parts: a chancel, a nave and a square-plan tower. Its exterior has kept its original Romanesque form, while the interior was rebuilt in 1783.
The church was built at the beginning of the 13th century, or possibly in 1310, in the Romanesque style, and its exterior has since seen no major alterations. In 1783 the interior was heavily rebuilt, losing its original stylistic features. A cemetery operated beside the church until 1790.
Locals call it the "kobyli kościół" (horse church), from a legend that it was built with money from the sale of wild horses caught on the hill where it stands. The baroque gilded altar and 17th-century baptismal font are inside, and the churchyard held a cemetery until 1790.
The site is generally accessible to visitors interested in Romanesque architecture and history. Regular masses and religious observances throughout the year shape when to visit and what to expect during your time there.
Look closely at the bricks of the facades: shallow hollows were burned into them, most likely from Holy Saturday fires. Some hollows marked graves in the churchyard that served the church until 1790, and beside them simple rural epitaphs were scratched: fir trees, ploughs, crosses. The oldest scratched name or inscription dates from 1647.
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