Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Gothic church in Radotín, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is the parish church of Radotín, standing by the Berounka river on náměstí sv. Petra a Pavla. It was rebuilt in 1881–1882 into its present Baroque form beside an older church later turned into an ossuary. From the original Gothic building survive the presbytery and 14th-century masonry.
The church is first documented in 1298, when King Wenceslaus II asked Bishop Gregory of Prague to transfer the parish church at Radotín, along with churches at Zbraslav and Chuchel, to the Zbraslav monastery. The oldest known priest was Heřman (1347–1378). From the mid-17th century until 1917 the church belonged to Třebotov; at the end of that year Archbishop Pavel Huyn established a separate spiritual administration in Radotín.
The church stands on náměstí sv. Petra a Pavla by the Berounka, and its name day of 29 June is tied to the parish patron saints. The former cemetery in the grounds was abolished in 1880, and the old church beside the new one became a ossuary. The façade carries a notice of the 1881 restoration and the coat of arms of the Öttingen-Wallerstein princes, the then patrons.
The church stands on náměstí sv. Petra a Pavla in Prague 16, on the bank of the Berounka, not near Šilingrovo náměstí in Brno. It is the parish church of the Radotín Roman Catholic parish and serves regular services, so time a visit outside worship. The former cemetery in the grounds was abolished in 1880.
The former church beside the present one was later turned into an ossuary, and the old cemetery in the church grounds was abolished in 1880. On the facade, beneath the date of the 1881 restoration, hangs the coat of arms of the princely Öttingen-Wallerstein family, the church's patrons at that time.
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