Church of Saint Nicholas, Romanesque church in Boletice, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Nicholas sits on a hill called Olymp and blends Romanesque and Gothic elements. A tower displays Romanesque stonework, while the chancel features Gothic net vaulting.

The church was probably built in the mid-12th century; its first written mention is in a 1263 donation charter by Přemysl Otakar II. In 1400 Pope Boniface IX incorporated it into Zlatá Koruna Abbey, and in the 1410s a sacristy with a net vault was added. After 1947 it lay in a military training area and deteriorated; since 2016 it belongs to Kájov and is being restored.

The medieval frescoes in the chancel are arranged in four horizontal bands and read from top to bottom, left to right, from the Annunciation to the Last Judgement. In the Adoration of the Magi the infant Christ points to three red roses held by Mary, a motif paralleled in the psalter of Queen Eliška Rejčka, where the flowers are white.

The church stands on the elevated spot called Olymp southeast of the former village, within the Boletice military area until 2016 and now part of Kájov. The building is under reconstruction, so the interior is not freely accessible; visits must be arranged in advance with the parish or the site administrator.

The church stands alone in a landscape where the original settlement vanished after 1945 when the area became military training ground. It remains one of the few visible reminders of former human presence in the region.