Kostel Sv. Františka Serafinského / Church of St. Francis Seraphicus - Príbor (North Moravia)
N 49° 38.571 E 018° 08.793
34U E 294004 N 5502832
Small early-Baroque Church of St. Francis Seraphicus (Kostel Sv. Františka Serafinského), erected in 1622, You can find amidst the Old cemetery (Starý hrbitov) in town Príbor...
Waymark Code: WMQ5N8
Location: Moravskoslezský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 12/25/2015
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Small early-Baroque Church of St. Francis Seraphicus (Kostel Sv. Františka Serafinského), erected in 1622, You can find amidst the Old cemetery (Starý hrbitov) in town Príbor.
Thanks to its position on the top of small cemetery hill above the Príbor' historic centre is Church of St. Francis Seraphicus from a far visible landmark of this pictoresque town. St. Francis Seraphicus, a small single-nave structure erected as a cemetery church in 1622, was consecrated togethter with the cemetery in 1623. The cemetery, nowadays called "Old cemetery", was then used until 1850. The nearly delapidated church was completely reconstructed by a city council in 1994 and from that time is used annualy for Catholic church' expositions.