Chapel of Saint Anne, Gothic chapel in Černé Budy, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of Saint Anne is a rectangular building oriented north-south on the slope of Veletín hill, just outside the cemetery wall. It has a tiled saddle roof, a gable protected by shingles, and a hexagonal lantern with an onion dome and cross holding a small bell. Its white-plastered interior has an altar with a wall painting of the Virgin Mary and wooden crosses.
The present chapel dates from the early 19th century, combining a Baroque layout with a Classicist facade, a common solution in Bohemia at that time. It already appears on the First Military Survey of 1764–1768, but no reliable sources describe earlier forms. The Sázava chronicler known as the Monk of Sázava mentions a Chapel of St Anne founded by Abbot Silvestr in the 12th century, whose original location is unknown.
The chapel belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Sázava–Černé Budy in the Archdiocese of Prague, but regular services are no longer held there. Its bell, hung in the roof lantern, is still rung as a death knell for funerals at the neighbouring cemetery, which was established in 1934 and is otherwise unconnected with the chapel.
The chapel stands on the slope of Veletín hill at the northwestern edge of Sázava, just outside the cemetery wall, on the old path from the Sázava monastery toward Stříbrná Skalice. No regular services are held, so it is seen from outside; the cemetery beside it dates only from 1934 and is not connected with the chapel.
The chapel's small bell, hung in the hexagonal roof lantern, is not used for services but serves as a death knell for funerals at the neighbouring cemetery, which was only established in 1934. The chapel itself belongs to the Benedictine Emauzy Abbey in Prague.
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