Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Roman Catholic church in Bělčice, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Bělčice is a parish church built in the late Romanesque style in the second quarter of the 13th century. A five-sided Gothic presbytery with buttresses was added in the first half of the 14th century, and in 1515 the nave was vaulted with a four-bay diamond (cell) vault carried on a slender pillar. A prismatic Neo-Gothic bell tower stands west of the church, built in 1863.
The church was built in the late Romanesque style in the second quarter of the 13th century. A five-sided Gothic presbytery with buttresses was added in the first half of the 14th century, and in 1515 the nave was vaulted with a diamond (cell) vault on a slender pillar. After a fire destroyed the wooden bell tower, a new one with an onion dome was built on the north side in 1694; it was demolished in 1863, the year a prismatic Neo-Gothic bell tower was erected west of the church.
The church's furnishings are Rococo from the mid-18th century. Inside hangs Antonín Machek's painting of Saint Mary Magdalene, dated 1839, and the building keeps a fragment of a late-Gothic stone baptismal font along with tomb slabs from 1566 and 1570.
The church stands in Bělčice, in the Strakonice District, and serves as the parish church of the local Roman Catholic parish. The late-Gothic bell tower built in 1863 stands west of the church, while the presbytář with its buttresses closes the east end. Look for the four-field diamond vault of 1515 above the nave, carried on a slender pillar.
The church keeps a late-Gothic stone baptismal font, preserved only as a fragment, along with two tomb slabs dated 1566 and 1570. The altarpiece of Saint Mary Magdalene was painted in 1839 by Antonín Machek.
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