Chapel of Virgin Mary, Chapel-shrine in Šipín, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of Virgin Mary is a timber-framed chapel with a half-hipped roof covered in shingles, standing below Šipín in the Okrouhlá Hradiště cadastral area. Its gable facade has a rectangular entrance framed by a moulded strip and the date 1892 above the lintel. A prismatic bell turret with a pyramidal roof sits on the ridge, and three rectangular windows with wooden frames light the sides.
In 1892 Prince Konstantin of Löwenstein had the chapel built on the site of a small wayside shrine, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Konstantinovy Lázně in the Tachov vicariate of the Plzeň diocese and is a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The chapel is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and belongs to the Roman Catholic parish of Konstantinovy Lázně in the Tachov vicariate of the Plzeň diocese. Beside it stands the Svatá studánka spring, and wooden huts on either side shelter the springs.
The chapel stands below Šipín in the Okrouhlé Hradiště cadastre, part of Konstantinovy Lázně in the Tachov district. The wooden chapel is unlocked mainly around services; the spring beside it, the Svatá studánka, is sheltered by timber huts on either side. Approach on foot from the village, as the site lies in open country.
The chapel stands beside the Svatá studánka spring, whose water is protected by small timber-framed shelters on either side of the building. The date 1892 is carved into the lintel above the entrance door.
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