All Saints church, Baroque church building in Praha-Slivenec, Czech Republic.
All Saints Church in Slivenec is an early Gothic single-nave building on a rectangular plan, built in the second half of the 13th century. Its entrance facade, almost without windows and joined to the tower in one plain surface, looks austere. A three-sided presbytery with a ribbed cross vault adjoins the nave, and the nave windows hold copies of 14th-century stained glass with the Crucified Christ, St Catherine and apostles.
The church was built in the second half of the 13th century on land granted to the Order of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star by King Wenceslas I in a charter of 6 April 1253; the order held it for more than 600 years. A porch was added in 1693, a choir loft in 1886, and the church was repaired in 1901 to a design by Antonín Viktor Barvitius.
The church is the parish church of the Roman Catholic Parish of All Saints in Slivenec, and Mass is held on Sundays at 5 pm. The village and its church were given to the Order of the Knights of the Cross with the Red Star by King Wenceslas I in a charter of 6 April 1253, and the order held it for more than 600 years.
The church can be reached on foot from the nearby plaza or by using public transportation options in the area. Plan your visit during daylight hours to better appreciate the interior decorations and architectural details.
The nave's pointed windows hold copies of 14th-century stained glass showing the Crucified Christ, St Catherine and apostles; the originals are kept in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, and such windows are nearly without parallel in the Czech lands.
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