Chapel in Maroltov, Chapel-shrine in Maroltov, Czech Republic.
The Chapel in Maroltov is a small plastered masonry building on a rectangular plan with a three-sided apse, standing on the village green. Its walls are of rubble stone and fired brick, and it has a hipped roof covered with asbestos-cement shingles. A wooden six-sided lantern with a Baroque pyramidal roof and gilded finial tops the ridge, and the facade ends in a pierced triangular Baroque gable dated 1823.
The chapel bears the date 1823 on its front gable, when it was built in the centre of Maroltov. It belonged to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel and the Virgin Mary in Ostrov. After the Second World War it fell into disrepair and its interior fittings were stolen or destroyed. The town of Ostrov took over the building in 2010 and restored it in 2015 for 708,500 CZK.
The chapel belonged to the parish church of St Michael the Archangel and the Virgin Mary in Ostrov. Its bell was probably requisitioned during the First or Second World War; the present bell was moved here from the chapel of the vanished settlement of Plavno. The date 1823 is carved in the front gable.
The chapel is reachable by established footpaths and sits in open terrain, allowing free access from multiple directions. Visitors should prepare for weather exposure since the structure stands isolated with little shelter nearby.
The bell now hanging in the chapel was moved here from the chapel of Plavno, a village that no longer exists. The original bell was probably requisitioned during the First or Second World War.
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