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History of St. Peter and Paul’s Church in KraloviceThe single nave presbytery church, already mentioned in 1250, was modifi ed in the Renaissance style in 1575 – 1581. It is a large building with a rectangular nave and a trilaterally closed choir with buttresses. There is a prismatic tower with an onion cupola drawn into the nave on the north side. The idea of a single nave area with rostrums between supporting pillars, a so called “Wandpfeilkirche”, is very particular to the Renaissance building style in Central Europe. Bonifác Wolmut, who designed a lot of buildings for Ferdinand I in Prague Castle, is likely to be the designer of the church in Kralovice. In the choir there is also a Baroque organ from 1689 with carvings of angels playing instruments. The main altar of the church is from the late Renaissance period, the 2nd half of the 17th century, with statues of saints Peter, Paul and Andrew and a glass cabinet with a sculptural group depicting the Annunciation of Our Lady of Mariánská Týnice. |