Chapel of Saint Lawrence, Religious monument in Bezděkovské Předměstí, Czech Republic.

The Chapel of Saint Lawrence is a plain rectangular building from 1775 with a flat ceiling and a three-sided presbytery with a radial vault. It stands on Veselá hora, about 2.5 km southwest of Domažlice, and its 19th-century furnishings include an altarpiece and organ from around 1800.

A chapel on Veselá hora is documented after the June 1683 fire in Domažlice, when councillors vowed a chapel to Saint Lawrence but failed to build it; soap-maker's wife Zuzana Veselá funded it, construction began in 1685 and it was consecrated on 10 August 1695. Rebuilt and enlarged at the town's expense into a Baroque church consecrated in 1775, it was abolished in 1788 under Joseph II's reforms, auctioned and used as a barn. Repaired in 1810 and 1851, it was reconsecrated and became the centre of the largest pilgrimage in the Chodsko region.

Locals call the pilgrimage site Svatý Vavřineček, and the hill Veselá hora is named after Zuzana Veselá, the soap-maker's wife who funded the chapel. Since 1990 the August pilgrimage has been the largest church event in the Chodsko region, accompanied by the Chodské slavnosti folklore festival.

To get information about the chapel, visit the local information center in town, which provides helpful details. It is worth checking in advance whether the building is open, as it may be used for private events.

After Joseph II's reforms the church was auctioned off in 1788 and used as a barn, not a tavern. It was only re-consecrated in 1851, after repairs in 1810 and 1851, and pilgrimages resumed.