Výklenková kaplička Panny Marie, Chapel-shrine in Bratčice, Czech Republic.
Výklenková kaplička Panny Marie is a Baroque triangular chapel-shrine standing by the cemetery on the road between Potěhy and Bratčice. Its base measures 3 × 2.25 m and it rises 4 m, with a wrought-iron cross on the roof. The open niches were glazed and wooden barred doors added after 1989.
The chapel stands on the site of the first battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought in September 1618 near the road between Potěhy and Bratčice. It was built in the first half of the 18th century by a princess of the Auersperg family, who had bought the Bratčice estate a century after the battle, to honour the soldiers who fell there. After 1989 it was renovated: new plaster, glazed niches and wooden doors with grilles. Since 1966 it has been a protected cultural monument.
The chapel stands by the cemetery on the road between Potěhy and Bratčice, on the site of the first battle of the Thirty Years' War in September 1618. It was built by a princess of the Auersperg family, who bought the Bratčice estate a century after the battle, to honour the soldiers who fell there.
The chapel sits directly along the main road through Bratčice and is easy to locate. Daytime visits work best when natural light illuminates the niche and architectural details of the structure.
The chapel stands on the site of the first battle of the Thirty Years' War, fought in September 1618 near Bratčice. It was built in the first half of the 18th century by a princess of the Auersperg family, who bought the Bratčice estate a century after the battle, to honour the soldiers who fell there.
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