Church of Saint Procopius, Gothic church in Letovice, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Procopius is a single-nave Gothic building with a long presbytery ending in a five-sided apse, a Marian chapel on the south side and a sacristy on the north. The nave has a flat timber ceiling, while the presbytery and nave share a barrel vault from the Baroque reconstruction. A covered walkway called the fortna leads from the town to the church.
A church existed here by 1353, but the current Gothic structure was built in the last quarter of the 14th century. Its nave was never vaulted and kept a flat timber ceiling until the Baroque reconstruction of 1668–1685 under Archbishop Jiří Pohronec-Slepčianský, which added a barrel vault, a music gallery and a Baroque gable. A Neo-Gothic tower replaced the old bell turret in 1847.
The church stands as a focal point in the town and shapes how locals and visitors perceive the central square with its Gothic form. It continues to serve the Catholic community and represents a continuity of faith that has defined this place for generations.
The building is located in the central part of town and is easily reached on foot from the surrounding streets. As a protected monument, it can be viewed from the outside, and access to the interior depends on the community's opening hours.
The covered walkway leading from the town to the church, called the fortna, was repaired in 1920. The church also keeps the bell Prokop, cast in 1528, 158 cm across and weighing 2,800 kg, whose relief shows the Crucifixion with the coats of arms of the lords of Letovice and Boskovice.
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