Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Poděbrady, Gothic church in Poděbrady, Czech Republic.

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a triple-nave Roman Catholic church built in the 14th century in Gothic style on the site of an older church. Its oldest part is a five-sided presbytery with a star-ribbed vault and five sandstone-framed windows. The main nave, supported by four pillars forming nine bays of cross vaulting, was reshaped in 1552–1562 by Italian architect Giovanni Battista Aostalli de Sala.

The church was built in the 14th century in Gothic style on the site of an older, possibly wooden, church. It was substantially modified in the 16th and 19th centuries, and until the 18th century a cemetery surrounded it. Kunhuta of Šternberk, first wife of King George of Poděbrady, is buried somewhere inside.

The church's name refers to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, a feast recalled by a relief on the altar of the Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows, built in 1689 on the south side. The chapel also holds the tomb of the Longman family of Auen, estate officials. A statue of St. Wenceslas by V. B. Šejbal has stood by the church wall since 1884.

The church stands in Poděbrady III, with the deanery building next to it and the statue of St. Wenceslas from 1884 against its wall. The tower with the bells Vojtěch (1759) and the 1974 bell by Laetitie Dytrychová rises on the west facade. The Chapel of Our Lady of Sorrows is on the south side.

The building is protected today as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic while continuing to serve the living community. This dual role as both a historical landmark and an active religious center makes it a rare example where the past and present coexist.