Church of Saint Matthew, Cultural monument and church building in Třebonín, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Matthew in Třebonín is a single-nave building with a semicircular presbytery and a prismatic tower on the west side. A sacristy adjoins the south side of the presbytery. The tower's ground floor has a ribbed vault, the presbytery a conch, and the sacristy a flat vault. The church area is enclosed by a wall with a large west gate with a triangular pediment and a small south gate; a separate bell tower with a masonry base and a shingled wooden upper storey stands in the grounds.
The Romanesque church was probably founded in the late 12th century and may already have stood in 1194, when it was dedicated to the Holy Cross. Its first written mention, as Alba ecclesia, dates from the second half of the 14th century. The nave and presbytery were enlarged in 1790, and the dedication later shifted between Saint Matthew and Saint Matthias.
The dedication changed over the centuries: the church was originally consecrated to the Holy Cross and is recorded in Latin as Alba ecclesia; later sources name Saint Matthew or Saint Matthias. Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque alterations followed, and the nave and presbytery were enlarged in 1790.
The church stands in the village of Třebonín in the Kutná Hora district. The walled churchyard is entered from the west through a large gate with a triangular gable, or through a small gate on the south side. The tower's second floor is reached by an outside staircase.
The dedication changed over the centuries: the church was originally consecrated to the Holy Cross, and sources record it under both Saint Matthew and Saint Matthias. In the east gable three Romanesque openings survive, the middle one with a cross-shaped profile, suggesting an apsida once closed the east end.
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