Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Gothic church in Unhošť, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a single-nave Gothic church rebuilt in Baroque style, dominating Unhošť. Its nave measures 16.6 m by 9.75 m, ending in a three-sided chancel 7.2 m long and 4.2 m wide, with a 42.5 m tower connected to the chancel. The west facade has a three-part Baroque gable with a sandstone cross, and the nave is lit by vaulted Baroque windows with sandstone jambs.
A smaller wooden church stood here in the early Middle Ages; in the second half of the 13th century a Romanesque-Gothic single-nave church was founded, probably by the administration of the royal Křivoklát estate. The oldest written mention is a 1329 deed of King John of Luxembourg, who gave the church to the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star in Prague, its owners ever since apart from the Hussite wars. Catholic administration was restored in 1661.
The church has belonged to the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star since King John of Luxembourg granted it to the order in 1329, apart from the Hussite wars; Catholic administration was restored in 1661. Their emblem, a red eight-pointed cross with a red six-pointed star, appears on the portals and the tower cross.
The church stands on the town square of Unhošť, with the statue of St Wenceslas in a small park on its south side facing the public road. The north entrance, once used from the cemetery, is sheltered by an early 19th-century vestibule; the tower is entered through a north annex with a spiral staircase.
The tower's bells were requisitioned in both world wars; the present six bells were cast by Rudolf Manoušek. A small death bell hangs on the gallery outside, and a modern large clock face sits in the onion dome above it.
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