Church of Saint Bartholomew in Vráž, Gothic church in Vráž, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Bartholomew in Vráž is a single-nave rectangular building with a presbytery and sacristy, standing on a rise in the former cemetery. A massive square tower with a hipped roof and a clock since 1909 stands before the west facade. The nave has a flat ceiling and the presbytery a ribbed cross vault; the only pointed window and the main entrance are in the south wall.
The church is first documented in the visitation records of the Archdiocese of Prague in 1380; it is said to have been built on the site of an older 10th-century church. A Baroque tombstone on the north side dates from 1686. The building was altered in 1822 and again in 1909–10, was listed as a cultural monument in 1958, and was last restored in 1992. It belonged to the Karlštejn parish and is now part of the Beroun parish.
The church is named after Saint Bartholomew, to whom the altarpiece painting of his martyrdom, made in the mid-18th century, is dedicated. Mass is held every Saturday at 6 p.m.; outside that time the building stays closed to the public. The church belongs to the Beroun parish, having formerly fallen under the Karlštejn parish.
The church stands on a raised spot on the village green, on the site of a former cemetery, with the main entrance in the south wall of the nave. It is open to the public only during the Saturday service at 18:00; outside that time the building stays locked.
The main altar holds two mid-18th-century paintings: the Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew and the Holy Family. On the north side stands a Baroque tombstone dated 1686. The tower received its clock in 1909, the same period as the 1909–10 rebuilding.
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