Chapel of the Holy Cross, Cemetery chapel and cultural monument in Český Rudolec, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a simple rural Neoclassical cemetery chapel on a hill southeast of Český Rudolec, with an adjoining cemetery. The plastered masonry building has rounded corners at its apse and is covered by a hipped roof of tiles with a small metal turret. A rectangular stone portal with a Latin inscription and chronogram leads inside, where fresco decoration survives.
The chapel was built in 1761 as a simple rural Neoclassical cemetery chapel on a hill southeast of Český Rudolec. It was renovated in 1833 and 1908, and since 3 May 1958 it has been listed as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The chapel's interior holds fresco decoration whose importance reaches beyond the immediate surroundings, as noted in heritage records. The building is a cultural monument of the Czech Republic, listed since 3 May 1958. Its Latin inscription and chronogram "Domus salvatori consecrata" mark the entrance portal.
The chapel stands on a hill with the adjoining cemetery south-east of Český Rudolec, in the Jindřichův Hradec district; approach it from the village along the lane climbing to the burial ground. The building is walled and plastered with rounded corners at the presbytery, so look for the whitewashed mass under its hipped roof rather than a tower. The entrance is a stone rectangular portal in the axis of the front, with a window above the door and a prismatic turret with a pyramidal spire rising in the facade axis.
The chapel's main façade carries a rectangular stone portal with the Latin inscription and chronogram "Domus salvatori consecrata" (house consecrated to the Saviour). Above the door is a window, and a prismatic tower with a pyramidal roof rises on the façade axis. The interior holds fresco decoration whose importance reaches beyond the immediate surroundings.
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