Church of Saint Lawrence, Church building in Tasnovice, Czech Republic

The Church of Saint Lawrence is a single-nave rectangular church with a narrower five-sided presbytery and buttresses, standing on a rocky hill about one kilometre west of Tasnovice. A three-storey square tower adjoins it on the north and a sacristy on the east. The nave has a barrel vault with lunettes and frescoes of the life of Saint Lawrence; the west facade has a high gable and a simple porch.

A Gothic sanctuary from the second half of the 14th century was built inside a large prehistoric and early medieval hillfort above the Radbuza river. Graves from the 11th century found by archaeologists suggest an older church stood here, and the dedication to St Lawrence, whose relics reached Bohemia after 1180, supports this. Ribs of the vault under the tower survive from the Gothic building; the porch dates from the 17th century and a complete rebuilding followed in the 18th century.

The church is dedicated to Saint Lawrence, whose relics reached Bohemia after 1180, which suggests an older shrine stood here before the Gothic building. The nave and walls carry frescoes of scenes from his life, and the presbytery windows have stucco band ornament in their reveals.

The church stands about a kilometre west of Tasnovice on a rocky hill above Štítary, not in the village itself. It is reached on foot; the old cemetery around it is enclosed by a stone wall with two entrance gates, and the newer cemetery lies on the slope east of the church. The site sits on a former hillfort protected by three belts of ramparts on the north, east and west sides.

The church stands on a prehistoric and early medieval hillfort protected by three belts of ramparts on the north, east and west sides. Archaeologists uncovered several 11th-century graves here, suggesting an older church stood on the site before the Gothic sanctuary of the second half of the 14th century.