Church of Saints Peter and Paul, church in Klatovy District of Plzeň region
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a single-nave Romanesque-Gothic building from around 1240, with a square presbytery and a three-storey prismatic tower on its north side. The presbytery holds 15th-century wall paintings and a Gothic portal survives on the nave's north side.
The original church was founded by King Vladislaus II and consecrated on 5 January 1179 by his son Vojtěch, Archbishop of Salzburg. Around 1240 the present Romanesque-Gothic church was built with a rectangular nave, square presbytery and prismatic tower. In 1778–1779 a new west portal, north entrance and gallery were added, and 20th-century repairs renewed the facades and roofs.
The church is also recorded under the name of the Virgin Mary and Saints Peter and Paul, and it served as the parish church of the local parish until that parish was dissolved at the end of 2019, when it became a filial church of the Sušice parish. The building stands high on the slope of Sedlo hill, and its tower makes it a landmark over a wide area.
The church sits near local walking paths on a hillside and can be easily spotted during daily strolls through the area. Access is available occasionally since the building functions primarily for worship services and is not open continuously for casual visits.
The church owes its present outline to a rebuilding in 1778–1779, when a new west portal was cut through the facade, a gallery supported by two massive columns was built, and the Chapel of the Virgin Mary with its entrance hall was added on the north side. Older work survives beside it: a 15th-century wall painting in the presbytery and a Gothic portal from the 1240s in the north porch.
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