Church of Saint Gall in Zbraslav, Medieval church in Zbraslav, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Gall in Zbraslav is a single-nave Romanesque church with a transept, rebuilt in Baroque style in 1660. The tower and part of the nave survive from the 12th-century structure. A semicircular tympanum above the south portal and a slit window in the tower are Romanesque details; the transept has early Baroque portals.

The church was probably founded in the second quarter of the 12th century; a forgery from the 13th century mentions a chapel of Saint Gall at the court in 1115. In 1298 Bishop Gregory gave it to the Cistercians of Zbraslav Monastery. After a fire in the second quarter of the 16th century it was rebuilt, and in 1660, after the Thirty Years' War, it received a transept in an eight-year reconstruction. In 1785, after the monastery was abolished, it became a cemetery church.

The church is dedicated to Saint Gall, whose veneration spread to Bohemia from the Irish monastery of St. Gallen; the south side altar, installed in 1682–1683, carries a painting of Saint Gall in the wilderness. Since the Zbraslav monastery was dissolved in 1785, the building has served as a cemetery church, and it still fulfils that role today.

The church stands on Havlín hill above the Vltava and Berounka confluence, reached on foot from Zbraslav. Since 1785 it has served as a cemetery church, so expect graves around the building. The Romanesque tower core and the 1660 cross-arms are best seen from outside; look for the slit window on the tower's south side.

The tower's Romanesque masonry survives only to the third floor; a slit window on its south side is still the original one. The space beneath the tower was once a barrel-vaulted sacristy, later rebuilt to hold a staircase to the gallery. A bell was hung in the tower in 1547.