Chapel of the Assumption, Religious chapel in Hajany, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of the Assumption is a brick Baroque chapel of the bell-tower type on a square plan, standing on the village green of Hajany. Corner pilasters and a main cornice articulate the walls; the ground floor has a rectangular entrance, and the upper floor has one round-arched window on each side. It is covered by a mansard roof of beaver-tail tiles topped with a cross, and a bell hangs inside the upper floor.
The chapel dates from 1818 and stands on the village square of Hajany together with a stone cross from 1808, erected with the support of Antonín Herman of Hajany. Chapel and cross are protected together as a cultural monument. The chapel was repaired in 1990 and belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Ořechov.
The chapel belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of All Saints in Ořechov, in the Rosice deanery of the Brno diocese, so Masses and parish events are tied to that parish. The name refers to the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. The stone cross standing nearby was erected with support from Antonín Herman of Hajany.
The chapel stands on the village square (náves) of Hajany, next to the stone cross of 1808, so both monuments can be seen on foot in a few minutes. It belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Ořechov and serves the diocese of Brno; it is not a museum with set visiting hours, so time a visit around the exterior and the square rather than an interior tour.
The chapel is a Baroque bell tower, not Gothic: brick on a square plan, with corner pilasters, a mansard roof covered in beaver-tail tiles and a cross on top, and a bell hung in the upper floor. Nearby stands a stone cross from 1808, erected with support from Antonín Herman of Hajany, whose four-sided base carries a Czech inscription.
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