Filialkirche Hl Philipp und Jakob, Pöllan, Gothic church in Pöllan, Austria.
The Filialkirche Hl Philipp und Jakob is a small Romanesque-core church in Pöllan, later altered in Gothic and Baroque style. Its apse is braced by stepped buttresses, and the roof carries a wooden-clad ridge turret covered in larch shingles, topped by a sphere and weather vane. The pointed west portal has Gothic band hinges, and the choir is vaulted with cross-ribbed masonry.
First documented in 1360, the church was desecrated during the Turkish raids and re-consecrated in 1492 by Bishop Jacobus Vallaresus of the Patriarchate of Aquileia. It is a branch church of the original parish of Feistritz an der Drau and stands as a protected monument in Carinthia.
The church is a branch of the original parish of Feistritz an der Drau and is dedicated to the apostles Philip and James the Less, whose figures appear on the high altar painting. The altarpiece also carries the date 1721 and was restored in 2010; above it a tondo shows a crowned Madonna with the crowned Christ Child.
The church stands free in open terrain outside the built-up area, not in a village centre, so it is reached by field paths rather than a main road. No cemetery surrounds it. The roof and wooden bell turret are covered in larch shingles, and the stepped buttresses support the apse; the pointed-arch west portal with Gothic band fittings is the entrance to look for.
The church stands free in open ground, not in a village centre. Its roof and the wooden-clad roof turret are covered with larch shingles, and the turret's tip carries a tower sphere with a weather vane. The pointed-arch west portal has Gothic band hinges on its door.
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