Church of Saint Bartholomew, Baroque church in Zábřeh, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Bartholomew in Zábřeh is a single-nave baroque church built from 1751, standing at the edge of the town square with its facade facing the square's centre. A 47-metre prismatic tower with an onion dome, lantern and finial rises above the main entrance, and the nave and narrower presbytery are divided by lisen framing and segmental-arched windows.
The medieval parish church, documented by 1351, was closed in 1750 and demolished after Prince Wenceslaus of Liechtenstein authorised a new building in 1751. Plans attributed to Domenico Martinelli were altered by local builders; the first service was held on 10 November 1754. Lightning struck the tower in 1764, a fire destroyed it in 1793, and the onion dome was completed after 1862.
The church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, whose Martyrdom is the main altarpiece, painted by Tadeáš Juda Supper of Moravská Třebová; he also painted the Coronation of the Virgin above it and the Holy Kinship for a side altar. The 1791 columned main altar is flanked by statues of Saints Cyril and Methodius.
The church stands at the edge of the square with its 47-metre tower facing the square's centre; the sloping ground is held by a retaining wall, broken by stairs at the side entrances. The parish museum in the tower and attic holds a lapidarium, liturgical objects, a coin hoard found during pew repairs and the history of the bells.
In the tower and attic, a parish museum founded in 1996 by local bell-ringers displays a lapidarium, liturgical objects, a coin hoard found during pew repairs and the history of the bells. The ringing set has four bells, restored in 2000; the fifth, oldest bell is a death bell from 1781, never rung with the others.
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