Church of Saint Giles in Ředhošť, Medieval church in Redhost, Czech Republic.
The Church of Saint Giles is a single-nave church with a surviving Romanesque square tower, its walls incorporating masonry from the 12th or 13th century. A Gothic presbytery was added in the 14th century, and the building was modified in the Baroque style in the second half of the 18th century. It stands within a walled cemetery on the right bank of the Mšenský stream, with a separate two-storey Baroque bell tower with an onion dome in the corner of the north wall.
The church is originally Romanesque, probably from the 12th or 13th century; part of the nave masonry and the square tower with its paired and triple windows survive from that period. The first written record of Ředhošť dates from 1203, while the church itself is documented only in 1394. In the 14th century it was enlarged and a presbytery added, with a carved Gothic stone altar mensa from around 1370; in the second half of the 18th century it was remodelled in Baroque style.
The church is a filial church of the Roman Catholic parish of Budyně nad Ohří, in the Podřipsko vicariate of the Archdiocese of Prague. Its patron is Saint Giles, to whom the church is dedicated. The cemetery around it lies on its original site and documents earlier burial practices; the whole area is a listed cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
The building is easy to spot in the center of Ředhošť and stands near other village structures. Visitors should approach respectfully, especially during scheduled services or prayer times.
The visible building layers from different centuries are readable in the walls and show how the structure changed over time. You can walk around and literally see where Roman work ends and later construction begins.
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