Memorable Cemetery in Albrechtice nad Vltavou

This originally Romanesque Church of St. Peter and Paul comes from the 12th century and is one of the most signifi cant churches in Southern Bohemia also thanks to its interior paintings, where
the walls are covered with a monumental composition of the Last Judgement. The church is surrounded with a village cemetery that is unique for its uniform arcade chapels with epitaphs in verses and paintings in memory of the deceased. The author of this design was the local vicar Vít Cíza. The chapels come mainly from the period 1841-1854 and there are currently 85 of them. The paintings were restored not long ago.

Attraction:

Each chapel in the cemetery contains, or contained, a painting with a saint and a moralizing verse underneath characterizing the particular deceased person or his/her occupation.

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