Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Baroque church in Klokoty, Czech Republic.

The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a Baroque sanctuary in Klokoty with a rectangular layout and a bell tower positioned on the slope above the main structure. The building combines elements from different periods and reflects how the place developed over time.

A parish church dedicated to the Virgin Mary is documented in 1361 and consecrated in 1389, when Klokoty belonged to the Rožmberk estate. It was destroyed during the Hussite wars, and a chapel is mentioned again in 1520; in 1547 it was enlarged into a church, with two chapels added in 1661. The present Baroque pilgrimage complex was begun in 1701 under the Benedictine superior Didaco di Convero and finished in 1730.

The pilgrimage centres on the image of the Virgin Mary of Klokoty, painted in 1636 by the Prague painter Johann Andreas Burger and set since 1743 on a silver altar by the Prague goldsmith František Seitz. The main pilgrimage takes place on the feast of the Assumption on 15 August, and the tradition was revived after 1989.

The church sits on a hillside above the village and can be reached by several paths. Visitors should be aware that it involves a climb and the terrain can be uneven, especially in bad weather.

The ten towers of the pilgrimage complex, on the church and the ambulatory chapels, are said to represent the ten fingers of the Virgin Mary's clasped hands in prayer. The Baroque church and ambits were built between 1701 and 1730, and the whole complex was declared a national cultural monument in 2018.