Chapel of Visitation Our Lady, Religious chapel in Žiželice, Czech Republic.
The Chapel of the Visitation of Our Lady is a Baroque square-plan chapel on a slope below the road at the edge of Žiželice. Its three-axis facade has pilasters, a central risalit with concave side sections, volute wings and a triangular pediment; the chamfered corners hold niches. Inside, a ceiling on a cove carries a wall painting of the Holy Trinity, probably from 1928.
The chapel dates from the early 18th century and originally served as a cemetery chapel. It was probably built on the site of an earlier chapel, of which only a portal from 1660 survives. It was restored in 1928, as the date in the cove ceiling records, and last repaired in 1970. A large landslide in December 2023 now threatens the building.
The chapel is dedicated to the Visitation of the Virgin Mary and belongs to the Greek Catholic parish of Chomutov and the Roman Catholic parish of Hořetice. Mass times are listed in the Litoměřice diocese catalogue, so services are still held here.
The chapel stands on a slope at the edge of the village, below the road, so it is reached on foot from the village centre. The ground above it was affected by a large landslide in December 2023, and the building is considered at risk; check access before setting out. Near the chapel stand an early Baroque column of 1695 and two stone crosses of 1773.
The chapel stands on a slope below the road at the edge of the village. A late-Baroque sandstone column from 1695 nearby carries reliefs of the Virgin Mary, the Crucifixion and two saints, and two stone crosses dated 1773 stand close by. A landslide in December 2023 now threatens the building.
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