Church of Saint Lawrence, Religious monument in Putim, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint Lawrence is a parish church built in the early Gothic style at the end of the 13th century, replacing an 11th-century Romanesque chapel of Saint Peter. A tower and a north nave were added in the 14th century, and the south nave received vaulting in the first half of the 16th century. Thirteen stone tombstones from the late 16th century and a stone coat of arms dated 1768 are set into the outer wall of the presbytery.
The church was built in the late 13th century in the early Gothic style on the site of a vanished 11th-century Romanesque chapel of Saint Peter. A tower and the north nave were added in the 14th century, and the south nave received its vault in the first half of the 16th century. The presbytery's outer wall holds 13 stone tombstones from the late 16th century and a stone coat of arms dated 1768.
The church keeps the tomb of the knightly Radkovec family of Mirovice, and in the surrounding cemetery stands a 1741 ossuary holding remains of soldiers fallen in the War of the Austrian Succession, reverently arranged in 1829. The grave of Jan Cimbura, central figure of Jindřich Šimon Baar's novel, is also protected here.
The church stands in the middle of the cemetery, so access is through the cemetery grounds; the two protected structures there, the 1741 ossuary and the grave of Jan Cimbura, are passed on the way to the entrance. The terrain is level ground in the village of Putim, with the church visible from the surrounding area.
In the wall of the presbytery, 13 stone tombstones from the late 16th century are set on the outside, along with a stone coat of arms dated 1768. Inside, a tin baptismal font from the 18th century stands beside a late Gothic stone one, and a bell fragment with a relief survives from the 16th century.
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