Al'inizio della nostra storia personale - e anche della nostra memoria - spesso c'è una chiesa ( come luogo). La memoria che ne abbiamo può essere traumatica, sgradevole, difficile, pacificante, confortevole... Certo è che quelle penombre, il silenzio, le dimensioni, la sacralità non possono non aver lasciato traccia in noi.

Il famoso 'Perchè non possiamo non dirci cristiani' di Benedetto Croce, per molti, sempre più numerosi, sta perdendo il suo senso. Nè qui vogliamo parlare del credo o non-credo religioso di ciascuno.

'Memorie e Sogni' è un luogo dove vogliamo far prevalere il senso del ricordo, il segno dell'emotività, magari anche divertita, non certo un forum in cui dibattere temi gravi e importanti.

Krzeszow; south-western Poland

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... the only one who listen patiently recitals

of my I'm noted so these are inscriptions

in Rome and Coliseum's walls destroyed eons

ago by barbarians, in languages without spelling

and punctuation identical a-la quote-open

"poly-glyphs" (instead familiar hieroglyphs!)

not yet deciphered by student of the language,

so, clinging to the linguist's pupil upon artifact,

am not addressing projecting into Space

annoying lamentation, but to submissive mirrors

only and only silent witnesses forever

and oppressed to not up-grade from poverty

and chaos, and tirades from podiums of liars

habitually broadcasting certified by seals

destructive edicts of fundamental and genetic

massacre, eradicating God and God's inserted

script from every cell of our bodies...

But in my shortage from fading memory of

lost and found crumbs alike an archaeologist relying

for carbon analysis am in intelligibly-bilingual and

loud mode, a-la a salesman from street in full Moon

night, and so am cry out not to old Cicero:

to patient mirrors postulating (from the word

"Postulate"!) that my existence and many others!

only upon the Lord's mercy, and this is a gift

and will of His Almighty's in his supremacy

and absolutely hypostasis to guard these gifts

of human Life, and thus affirming logically the

holiness of human's Life supporting dictum

"sanctity" and "Santo-sacral" thus equal

"immunity" of diplomats, and therefore, this

dictum stands rock-hard (imagine!) above

egregious conspiracies, and violent mandates,

spasmodic and hysterical decrees, of course!

above all ideology within and under

"radical X squared", encapsulating

false Venetian masquerade, indeed!

So, be sure that creativity of yours is tangible, and

seen in each of your creative works strained

impulses through iron bars, and nets, and shadows,

and through reflections of dusk-tinted glass, in each

of petal, a leaf, in tremble of slender hands still hear

your real Life heart-beat and pulse, and sum of voices

as confirmation of "alive! alive!"...

And also a cry, and any single voice, from all of the

creative, so inner strength of credo yours

pulsating like a bright and radiant immense,

otherwise it pours without edge beginning

of the run in midst of Universe,

in its fluctuation from our existence,

and response to our voices,

yours and only yours,

in sea of drops the Ocean created...

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

The Zagreb Cathedral on Kaptol is a Roman Catholic institution and not only the tallest building in Croatia but also the most monumental sacral building in Gothic style southeast of the Alps. It is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary and to kings Saint Stephen and Saint Ladislaus. The cathedral is typically Gothic, as is its sacristy, which is of great architectural value. Its prominent spires are considered to be landmarks as they are visible from most parts of the city.

In 1093 when King Ladislaus (1040-1095) moved the bishop's chair from Sisak to Zagreb, he proclaimed the existing church as a cathedral. Construction on the cathedral started shortly after his death and was finished in 1217 and consecrated by king Andrew II of Hungary. The building was destroyed by the Mongols in 1242 but rebuilt by bishop Timotej (1263-1287) a few years later. At the end of the 15th century, the Ottoman Empire invaded Croatia, triggering the construction of fortification walls around the cathedral, some of which are still intact. In the 17th century, a fortified renaissance watchtower was erected on the south side, and was used as a military observation point, because of the Ottoman threat.

The cathedral was severely damaged in the 1880 Zagreb earthquake. The main nave collapsed and the tower was damaged beyond repair. The restoration of the cathedral in the Neo-Gothic style was led by Hermann Bollé, bringing the cathedral to its present form. As part of that restoration, two spires 108 m (354 ft) high were raised on the western side.

When facing the portal, the building is 46 meters wide and 108 meters high. The cathedral contains a relief of Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac with Christ done by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović. The cathedral was visited by Pope Benedict XVI on 5 June 2011 where he celebrated Sunday Vespers and prayed before the tomb of Blessed Aloysius Stepinac.

Dopo un intero pomeriggio di meteo incerto, piovaschi e schiarite... me lo sentivo dire che alla fine ci sarebbe stato un tramonto da favola. Ed eccomi qui, a contemplare quanto sia magnifico e religiosamente silenzioso questo posto. Capisco ora gli indiani Navajo quando parlavano di "sacralità" di un posto, questo ne emana da ogni dove. Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Ferie 2013.

The fortified early Gothic church from the first half of the 14th century was built on the site of an older building. In the 15th century it was fortified with a wall and a wooden bell tower was built on the grounds in 1657. The single-nave space with a square-ended presbytery and a built-in sacristy has a painted cassette ceiling from 1758, the presbytery is characteristic by its rib vault. The mural paintings date back to the 60s of the 14th century and the creator of at least a part of them is the Master of Ochtiná presbytery. These interior frescoes were discovered in the early 20th century by I. Huszka who was restoring them in 1905. All the paintings, interior and exterior ones, were completely restored between 1983 and 1985 by J. Josefík, L. Székely and I. Žuch.

Within the almost intact medieval church, the murals have a uniquely strong impression and informative value, thanks to their scale and complexity of preservation. Thematically they focus on individual scenes from the Marian and the Passion cycle, but they do not have a uniform concept unlike the upper belt on the nave’s northern wall with a complete depiction of the St. Ladislaus legend.

abandoned church

Excerpt from cologne.de:

The impressive church, in the south west of the city centre, still retains extensive parts of the original building and is one of the oldest sacral buildings in Cologne. The monumental church of St. Pantaleon originated at the middle of the 10th century with the founding of a Benedictine abbey by the Archbishop Bruno. His niece by marriage, the Byzantine Theophanu, made sure building work continued after Bruno's death in 965.

Her interest in the church was most certainly due to family reasons, but the patronage of Saint Pantaleon in particular played a decisive role, since he originated from Theophanu's native country. After her death she was buried in St. Pantaleon. Her mortal remains lie there today in a modern marble sarcophagus.

A special feature in St. Pantaleon is the original Baroque features in the chancel. In all other comparable churches in Cologne these were removed throughout the course of the 19th century. Furthermore, it is home to one of the two choir screens that still exist in Cologne today.

This choir screen, unfortunately only half of which remains, depicts late Gothic forms and is 20 years older than the one in St. Maria in the Capitol. The relic shrines of Saint Albinus and Saint Maurinus on the crossing are also remarkable and date back to the late 12th century.

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Behind the north-facing wall of the Chapel of the Black Madonna is the Chapel of Blessed Luke Belludi, a disciple and companion of St. Anthony.

After the Saint’s death Luke continued his apostolate, and it was probably due to his insistence that the Basilica was built.

The beautiful altar dates from the 13th century and is surround ed with frescoes by Giusto de’ Menabuoi (1382). They depict:

Our Lady Enthroned Among Franciscan Saints (centre);

two episodes from The Intercession of Blessed Luke (to the sides of the altar);

in other sections some episodes drawn from the Golden Legend concerning the Apostles Phillip and James can be admired.

The mortal remains of Blessed Luke are kept in the ark that forms the altar table.

Saint Michael’s Cathedral of Alba Iulia was built between 1247 and 1291, which makes it contemporary to the famous Notre Dame of Paris. Furthermore, it appears that a great French architect, Villard de Honnecourt, contributed to its design. In addition to being the oldest and the longest cathedral in Romania (at 89.16 m measured along its axis), it is also considered the most important monument of Romanesque architecture in Transylvania.

The site is registered in the National Archaeological Repertory of Romania.

The church of St. Bartholomew was built in 1600, and then over the centuries it was altered and restored a number of times.

The log church is oriented towards the East, and comprises a post-and-frame tower, a post-and-beam vestibule as well as a brick sacristy, which was added later. The nave is covered with a double-pitched roof and the chancel with a slightly lower three-pitched roof. The roof over the nave features a neo-Baroque turret. The tower with tapered walls, comprises a top chamber, and is clad with wood boards, and topped with a bulbous cupola.

Inside there is a coved ceiling, and barrel vault in the sacristy. The gallery is supported by four pillars. The entrance from the chancel to the sacristy is framed with ogee arch. The doors to the side of the nave feature the reinstalled Gothic fittings and a hammered lock from ca. 1600.

The Baroque and late Baroque furnishings inside include the high altar from the 1700s, two side altars at the entrance to the chancel from the 1600s, a unique pomegranate-shaped pulpit from the 1700s, as well as a Baroque chalice-shaped baptismal font made from black marble from the 1700s. The benches from 1756 are embellished with painted representations of the Apostles, representatives of various social strata, and scenes from the New Testament. The late-Baroque confessional, dating from the same time, is also decorated with paintings.

In Rogi, there once was a fortified castle, and relics of the ramparts can still be seen here. A reference to the castle, dating from 1462, can be found in a document related to the division of the estate between Czarnocki brothers. According to the document, the stronghold had two towers.

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Lutheran Gothic Church in Malé Teriakovce‎

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major is one of the most important church of Rome. It has the status of a Basilica Major. It is one of the five Papal major basilica in Rome and one of the seven pilgrimache churches.

“During the pontificate of Liberius, the Roman patrician John and his wife, who were without heirs, made a vow to donate their possessions to the Virgin Mary. They prayed that she might make known to them how they were to dispose of their property in her honour. On 5 August, at the height of the Roman summer, snow fell during the night on the summit of the Esquiline Hill. In obedience to a vision of the Virgin Mary which they had the same night, the couple built a basilica in honour of Mary on the very spot which was covered with snow.” (source Wikipedia)

The consecration was by Pope Sixtus III. 434.

During the centuries this fantastic church was enlarged and rebuilt many times, and today we can see and enjoy this gorgeous sacral building.

Remarkabe is the ceiling. A fantastic artwork, probably made by Giuliano da Sangallo, a present by Pope Alexander VI. For the gilding they probably take the first gold brought from America.

Rimavské Brezovo, like many other municipalities in the region, is associated with mining history. The originally early Gothic church, towering over the silhouette of low village houses, used to be dedicated to the Birth of the Virgin Mary before the Reformation. The name of the village was given according to the first written historical reference from the year 1334 as Brezou and, for some time, it was also the county seat of Malohont. The single-nave church was probably built in the first half of the 14th century with a square-ended chancel and a rib vault. Due to the population increase connected with the establishment of iron works facility in the village at the end of the 18th century, the church capacity was insufficient. Therefore, the largest reconstruction of the temple was undertaken in 1893. The original sacristy on the northern side was demolished, the entrance was walled and the nave was extended southwards. The older chancel thus lost its role and started to be used as a sitting space. Thanks to this reconstruction, medieval murals were found under layers of lime paint and their restoration was then devoted to I. Möller and I. Huszek. Unfortunately the work was not always done in the most sparing way. Quality interior paintings in the original Gothic section are probably the work of artists from the workshop of the Master of Ochtiná chancel. The most striking element is Christ in Glory, the figure of the blessing Christ in the shining circle with the Sun and the Moon, depicted in the eastern part of the vault. The winged lion and the golden-winged eagle on the sides symbolize the evangelists Mark and John. Opposite to them are an angel and a winged bull as Matthew and Luke. The Marian theme is elaborated in two bands around the perimeter of the entire chancel. The lower band of the northern wall belongs to the depiction of the Death of the Virgin Mary, above this composition we find a quite unique, for this region, Italian-Byzantine motif of the Assumption with the figure of Christ in the mandorla. A small child stands on his knees as the soul of the Virgin Mary, the whole scene is held by four stylized angels. Beneath the Marian cycle, the entire perimeter of the walls is painted with a template ornament, into which the strip of four-leaf-shaped medallions with heads of prophets is inserted. This part of the paintings appears to be the least affected by the re-paintings and is preserved in a very good condition and in the original colours. On the walls of the nave, due to various building modifications, the frescoes were preserved only in fragments. The most intact frescoes are on the southern part of the triumphal arch: the Christ in a mandorla, a blessing angel, or St. Bartholomew, who was skinned alive, he carries the skin on a stick. Remnants of the Christological Cycle, such as the Christ carrying the cross or the Crucifixion, were preserved on the northern wall of the nave. The southern wall was largely destroyed during the redevelopment. However, research has revealed a depiction of St. Anne as a madonna with a child in her arms, with women carrying gifts in baskets walking into her direction. They also carry young pigeons to prepare a traditional strengthening soup for the fresh mother. This scene is very likely utterly unique on the territory of Slovakia. Comprehensive restoration and research were carried out in successive stages from 2005 till 2019, and the original approximately 700-year-old paving in the chancel was a valuable discovery as well. The restoration of the chancel was awarded by the main prize of the Cultural monument of the year 2012, the artworks were renewed by M. Janšto and R. Boroš. The church logo symbolically depicts a fresco of a young maiden attacked by devils in the hell from the church nave

Gargoyle on St Vitus Cathedral in Prague

Die Schloßkirche St. Pantaleon und Anna / Schloß Wernigerode

Lukinić Brdo - Wooden Chapel of St. John the Baptist

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The Church of San Giovanni Battista is located in the alpine village of Mogno in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It was built between 1992 and 1996 on the site of an older church, which was destroyed by an avalanche in 1986.

The church was designed by the Swiss architect Mario Botta who used marble and granite from the valleys of the area.

Thank you for your visits / comments / faves!

«Le rivoluzioni non le fanno gli architetti.

Noi osserviamo, interpretiamo i cambiamenti in atto nel mondo. Allora il cambiamento era nell’aria, qualcuno doveva ben costruire un museo che uscisse dalla sacralità, che smettesse di intimidire.

Così è nato il Beaubourg».

Renzo Piano

L'opera veniva inaugurata a Parigi 40 anni fa (31 gennaio 1977), cambiando per sempre la nostra idea dei musei ma anche molto di più: il nostro modo di concepire l’architettura, l’urbanistica, gli spazi delle nostre città.

Fu vinta la sfida lanciata dal presidente Georges Pompidou che voleva «un insieme architettonico e urbano capace di segnare la nostra epoca».

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ENG: A view into the church ship of the basilica St. Lorenz in Kempten Allgäu.

The catholic parish church and basilica St. Lorenz is a former Benedictine collegiate church of the abolished prince monastery Kempten. It belongs to the parish of the same name in Kempten (Allgäu) in the diocese of Augsburg. The church is dedicated to St. Laurentius of Rome, the patron saints are the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and the patron saints of Epimach and Gordian.

During the Thirty Years' War Roman Giel von Gielsberg began preparations for the construction of the church. The church became one of the first large church buildings in Germany after the Thirty Years War around 1650. A special feature of the church was the division into a collegiate church and a parish church.

GER: Ein Blick in das Kirchenschiff der Basilika St. Lorenz in Kempten Allgäu.

Die katholische Stadtpfarrkirche und Basilika St. Lorenz ist eine ehemalige Benediktinerstiftskirche des aufgehobenen Fürststifts Kempten. Sie gehört zur gleichnamigen Pfarrei in Kempten (Allgäu) im Bistum Augsburg. Die Kirche ist dem heiligen Laurentius von Rom geweiht, Nebenpatronate sind Mariä Himmelfahrt und die Schutzpatrone der Stadt Epimach und Gordian.

Noch während des Dreißigjährigen Krieges begann Roman Giel von Gielsberg die Vorbereitungen zum Kirchenbau. Die Kirche wurde einer der ersten großen Kirchenbauten nach dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg um 1650 rum in Deutschland. Eine Besonderheit der Kirche war die Teilung in Stifts- und Pfarrkirche.

The pride not only of Šariš, but also of the whole of Slovakia is the ancient town of BARDEJOV, which is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful Slovak towns. It was included in the UNESCO World Natural and Cultural Heritage List in 2000. Bardejov has also a fitting nickname – “the most gothic town in Slovakia”.

The picturesque square with colorful burgher houses, the majestic Basilica Minor of St. Egidius, the Jewish suburb, the historic town hall, the Executioner's House, well-preserved city walls with bastions ... A huge number of valuable and remarkable monuments in a relatively small area. The city center is formed by the Town Hall Square surrounded on three sides by 46 burgher houses on narrow medieval plots. In the middle stands the Basilica Minor of St. Egidius, in front of which is located the original pair of bells Ján and Urban. The bells were originally placed in the bell tower of the Basilica’s tower. The old bells got damaged over time, so they were replaced by new castings. The Basilica of St. Egidius was built in the middle of the 14th century and contains a unique collection of 11 late Gothic winged altars. Feeling like climbing a flight of stairs? The tower of the basilica offers the most beautiful views of the city.

Salvator Church in Duisburg, Germany

The Salvator Church in Duisburg has a long history. First mentioned in a document in 9oo. In details one can discover several stylistic epochs in the architecture. Started as a wooden church, then a Romanesque stone building and today the Salvatorkirche is a Gothic basilica with a three-nave, six-bay nave. The tower temporarily had a height of 112 meters. It was first completed in 1367 and rests on four mighty pillars in the western part of the church. The west wall of the tower's basement presents a remarkable window facing the Alter Markt.

On May 13, 1943, a devastating bomb attack on Duisburg hit the Salvator Church. The burning church tower falls on the nave and the church burns out completely. In 1960 the reconstruction was completed. From 1989 to 2002 a general renovation of the Salvator Church takes place.

Usually, I'm not a fan of novelty films, all those pre-exposed effect films I find more or less unusable. I'm not a huge fan of special, coloured films, either. But, this LomoChrome Purple, I find it quite likeable. This roll was shot at 200 ASA, with a lot of sunshine, I'll have to buy a few more rolls, I have to try shooting it a stop over/under to see how it behaves.

Here, a small, roadside chapel in the middle of a crossroad. June 2021.

I've shot this chapel with another LomoChrome film, the Turquoise one, check it out 📷 here.

Taken with Nikon F100 film camera, with Nikon AF Nikkor 28‍–‍85mm F3.5‍–‍4.5 zoom lens, on a roll of LomoChrome Purple XR100‍–‍400 film. 1/500 exposure, ƒ/11, 200 ASA at 28mm.

Scanned with Plustek OpticFIlm 8100 dedicated 35mm film scanner, using VueScan 9.

Excerpt from cologne.de:

The impressive church, in the south west of the city centre, still retains extensive parts of the original building and is one of the oldest sacral buildings in Cologne. The monumental church of St. Pantaleon originated at the middle of the 10th century with the founding of a Benedictine abbey by the Archbishop Bruno. His niece by marriage, the Byzantine Theophanu, made sure building work continued after Bruno's death in 965.

Her interest in the church was most certainly due to family reasons, but the patronage of Saint Pantaleon in particular played a decisive role, since he originated from Theophanu's native country. After her death she was buried in St. Pantaleon. Her mortal remains lie there today in a modern marble sarcophagus.

A special feature in St. Pantaleon is the original Baroque features in the chancel. In all other comparable churches in Cologne these were removed throughout the course of the 19th century. Furthermore, it is home to one of the two choir screens that still exist in Cologne today.

This choir screen, unfortunately only half of which remains, depicts late Gothic forms and is 20 years older than the one in St. Maria in the Capitol. The relic shrines of Saint Albinus and Saint Maurinus on the crossing are also remarkable and date back to the late 12th century.

Excerpt from cologne.de:

The impressive church, in the south west of the city centre, still retains extensive parts of the original building and is one of the oldest sacral buildings in Cologne. The monumental church of St. Pantaleon originated at the middle of the 10th century with the founding of a Benedictine abbey by the Archbishop Bruno. His niece by marriage, the Byzantine Theophanu, made sure building work continued after Bruno's death in 965.

Her interest in the church was most certainly due to family reasons, but the patronage of Saint Pantaleon in particular played a decisive role, since he originated from Theophanu's native country. After her death she was buried in St. Pantaleon. Her mortal remains lie there today in a modern marble sarcophagus.

A special feature in St. Pantaleon is the original Baroque features in the chancel. In all other comparable churches in Cologne these were removed throughout the course of the 19th century. Furthermore, it is home to one of the two choir screens that still exist in Cologne today.

This choir screen, unfortunately only half of which remains, depicts late Gothic forms and is 20 years older than the one in St. Maria in the Capitol. The relic shrines of Saint Albinus and Saint Maurinus on the crossing are also remarkable and date back to the late 12th century.

...in Hinterzarten, Black Forest, Germany

Saint Michael’s Cathedral of Alba Iulia was built between 1247 and 1291, which makes it contemporary to the famous Notre Dame of Paris. Furthermore, it appears that a great French architect, Villard de Honnecourt, contributed to its design. In addition to being the oldest and the longest cathedral in Romania (at 89.16 m measured along its axis), it is also considered the most important monument of Romanesque architecture in Transylvania.

The site is registered in the National Archaeological Repertory of Romania.

Zwierzyniec, Lubelskie, Poland

...la tradizionale manifestazione che vede, lungo le vie del paese, l’allestimento delle natività.

Nata nel 1984 ad opera di Giampietro Baldracchi, la manifestazione è cresciuta sia nel numero di visitatori che di presepi partecipanti, sino al record toccato nel 2008 con ben 160 allestimenti della natività di ogni fattezza e particolarità; cosa che fa contare e superare la media di un presepio o più per famiglia residente.

Grande merito anche all'impegno di tutti gli abitanti che, con la gioia di poter esprimere l'ingegno e la sacralità dell'evento, si prestano a realizzare i presepi ed aiutare affinché tutta la manifestazione si svolga nell'interesse del paese e della tradizione natalizia.

In ogni angolo, nei giardini, sotto i porticati, le rappresentazioni brillano per la loro particolarità e sono ancor più affascinanti al tramonto.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg) is a Roman Catholic church and is one of the most important cathedrals in European architectural history as well as the largest sandstone buildings in the world. Like the city of Strasbourg in general, the Liebfrauen-Münster also links German and French cultural influences.

The cathedral was built from 1176 to 1439 from pink Vogesensandstein on the site of a burned-down predecessor building from the years 1015 to 1028, which in turn had replaced a 1007 burned-down church from the Carolingian period. The new building was built from northeast to southwest and was initially in Romanesque, then Gothic style. From at least 1647 to 1874, the cathedral with its 142 meter high north tower was the tallest structure of humanity and the highest building completed in the Middle Ages.

(wikipedia)

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Die Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg) ist eine römisch-katholische Kirche und eine der wichtigsten Kathedralen der europäischen Architekturgeschichte sowie die größten Sandsteinbauten der Welt. Wie die Stadt Straßburg im Allgemeinen verbindet auch das Liebfrauen-Münster deutsche und französische kulturelle Einflüsse.

Der Dom wurde von 1176 bis 1439 aus rosa Vogesensandstein an der Stelle eines niedergebrannten Vorgängergebäudes aus den Jahren 1015 bis 1028 erbaut, das seinerseits eine 1007 niedergebrannte Kirche aus karolingischer Zeit abgelöst hatte. Das neue Gebäude wurde von Nordosten nach Südwesten gebaut und war zunächst im romanischen, dann im gotischen Stil. Von mindestens 1647 bis 1874 war die Kathedrale mit ihrem 142 Meter hohen Nordturm das höchste Bauwerk der Menschheit und das höchste im Mittelalter fertiggestellte Bauwerk.

(wikipedia)

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Pelplin, Pomorze Gdańskie, Poland

Woman wearing traditional Russian horned headpiece called Soroka and authentic homespun shirt with sacral slavic embroidery. Kolovrat is an ancient Sun symbol protecting from evil forces

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The landmark of the old mining village with interesting spindle-shaped urbanism is the Lutheran Church located on a low hill at the upper end of the village called Koceľovce. The church is an almost intactly preserved Gothic building from the first half of the 14th century, originally dedicated to St. Bartholomew.

The single-nave space with a polygonal chancel, a sacristy on the north side and a high tower on a square plan in the west, which turns into an octogon on the upper floors, is covered by a high gabled roof with shingles. The roofing of the tower, with an atypical metal Art Nouveau helmet, dates from the beginning of the 20th century. The nave is vaulted with classicist Theresian vaults instead of the original beamed ceiling, which is stylishly followed by an equally vaulted brick porch. During the last third of the 14th century, the polygonal chancel was built and vaulted with a cross rib vault. The stylistic purity of the church is emphasized by high windows divided by profiled bars and tracery and a system of supporting pillars of the chancel. The current southern entrance to the church was opened during the restoration in the 2nd half of the 18th century, it is closed by a Gothic door with decorative fittings, which were transferred here from the original entrance portal in the tower. Another Gothic door with rich wrought iron decoration is in the portal to the sacristy. This interesting wrought iron door also became the logo of the church.

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1747-1749