Church of the Holy Trinity in Rabí, Gothic church in Rabí, Czech Republic
The Church of the Holy Trinity is a Gothic-style place of worship located in the village of Rabí, featuring pointed arches and stone walls. Its interior showcases ribbed vaults and carved stonework characteristic of medieval construction.
Půta Švihovský of Rýzmberk had the church built in 1498 as a castle chapel east of the Rabí castle ruins. In 1786 Jan, Prince of Lamberg, restored it, and in the early 19th century the roof truss above the choir was replaced, removing a half-storey with arrow slits. Architect Eduard Sochor led a restoration and repainting in 1907.
The church was founded in 1498 by Půta Švihovský of Rýzmberk as the castle chapel of Rabí, built just east of the castle ruins on the edge of a rocky cliff. Since the parish of Rabí was dissolved at the end of 2019, it has been a filial church of the Budětice parish.
The church stands east of the Rabí castle ruin, on the edge of a rocky escarpment in the castle's lower town. The nave and presbytery have a basement beneath them, reached by a staircase in the western porch. A side entrance opens from the Renaissance sacristy on the north side.
The church began as a castle chapel built in 1498 by Půta Švihovský of Rýzmberk. Until the early 19th century a half-storey with arrow slits stood above the choir, a defensive feature a visitor can still trace in the building's history.
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