Church of Saint Martin, Neoclassical church in Veselá, Czech Republic
The Church of Saint Martin is a single-nave Neoclassical building with a rectangular plan, a recessed presbytery and a square front tower whose tall window is now walled up. Two segment-headed rectangular windows flank the nave, and two portals open on the north and west sides. It was built in 1821 by Vincenc Aulegg of Hranice, with masonry supervised by Johann Wrana.
A timber church built in 1728 at the expense of František Ludvík, Count of Žerotín, stood here first; it decayed and was demolished on 3 September 1821. The Neoclassical brick church, designed by regional builder Vincenc Aulegg of Hranice with masonry overseen by Johann Wrana, was blessed on 16 September 1821 about 3.5 km south of the old site. It was protected as a cultural monument on 21 May 2003.
The parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin, and its 1882 altarpiece by Ignác Berger shows the saint with a beggar. The building is a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic, listed since 21 May 2003 under number 100284. The churchyard south of the building holds the unmarked tombstone of Alois Mikyška, long-serving mayor of Valašské Meziříčí, buried there in 1903.
The church stands in Veselá, a local part of Zašová, about 4 km southeast of the centre of Valašské Meziříčí in the Vsetín district. The building is a single nave with a square front tower and two entrances, one on the north and one on the west side. The cemetery south of the church holds the unmarked tomb of Alois Mikyška, long-time mayor of Valašské Meziříčí, buried there in 1903.
The church is a single-nave Neoclassical building from 1821, designed by regional builder Vincenc Aulegg of Hranice, with masonry supervised by Johann Wrana of Jistebník. It replaced a timber church built in 1728 that stood about 3.5 km to the north and was demolished on 3 September 1821.
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