Chapel, Chapel shrine in Libá, Czech Republic.
The Chapel, also called the White Chapel, stands about 700 m west of Libá on a rise beside the road to Hůrka. The plastered masonry shrine measures 2.28 × 3.08 m, with a 3.55 m facade, a white-painted exterior and a saddle roof covered in bobrovky tiles. A slim square brick bell tower with a tent roof, orb and cross rises above the south front, whose open alcove has a barrel vault and a round mirror 0.62 m across in the gable.
The chapel was probably built in the mid-18th century; its position already appears on the map of the First Military Survey of 1764–1768. In the mid-19th century it was adapted in the Neoclassical style. After 1945 it fell into disrepair and was repaired only in 1976; in 2007 it was declared a cultural monument of the Czech Republic and in 2014 the village of Libá renovated it. It belonged to the Roman Catholic parish of St Catherine in Libá.
The chapel was long linked to the Roman Catholic parish of Saint Catherine in Libá, and its white walls gave it the local name Bílá kaple, White Chapel. Inside, a relief of the head of the suffering Christ hangs on the north wall above a plinth for an altar.
The chapel sits beside the main road through Libá and is easy to find when exploring the area. Visitors can view it from outside and should look for safe parking nearby when stopping to see it.
The chapel is also called the White Chapel (Bílá kaple) for its white-plastered walls. It stands about 700 m west of Libá on a rise beside the road to Hůrka, and its position already appears on the First Military Mapping of 1764–1768. A relief of the head of the suffering Christ hangs on the north wall inside the niche.
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