Church of Saint Stanislaus, Cultural monument church in Mořina, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Stanislaus in Mořina is a single-nave Baroque church with a Gothic core, rectangular plan, three-sided presbytery and a square sacristy. A prismatic tower stands at the west end, not above the entrance. The nave has a flat vault with lunettes, the presbytery a dome with a conch, and the sacristy a dome. A Baroque gate with volutes and an oval opening stands before two memorial linden trees.
The church is first mentioned in 1353 as a parish church; in 1387 King Wenceslaus IV donated it to the Karlštejn chapter. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 18th century, when most of its interior furnishings were acquired. In the 1950s the roof and dome were replaced, and a 1990s reconstruction uncovered two or three Gothic windows in the presbytery and a brick Gothic portal on the south side. The whole church complex has been protected as a cultural monument since 1958.
The church bears the name of Saint Stanislaus, to whom its main Rococo altar of 1749 is dedicated; the altarpiece is signed by Josef Splíchal. The building has served as the parish church of Mořina since its first mention in the 14th century, and the village's religious life has centred on it since.
The church stands in the centre of Mořina, within a walled area that also holds the cemetery and a Baroque gate with volutes, flanked by two memorial linden trees. The single-nave interior with a flat lunette vault is entered from the west side, where the prismatic tower rises. The whole grounds have been a protected cultural monument since 1958.
During a 1990s reconstruction, two or three Gothic windows were uncovered in the presbytery and a bricked-up Gothic portal on the south side was revealed, showing the medieval core beneath the Baroque shell. The main Rococo altar from 1749 is signed by Josefus Splíchal.
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