Kostel sv. Rocha - Blatenská

Beautiful church

Baroque cemetery church of St. Rocha was built in 1649 by Carl Lurago's design.

At the time of plague epidemics that struck repeatedly in the 30s and 40s of the 17th century, the original Březnice cemetery at the Church of Sts. Nicholas in the square was no longer sufficient, and therefore a new cemetery was founded and a church dedicated to St. Nicholas was built. Rochu. This church served as a cemetery chapel. It had an unusual ground plan (today it is partially broken), it was made up of a cross, on the three sides of which are semicircular apse with altars. The western side is formed by the main entrance. The church was founded in 1643 and completed in 1649. The main altar of St. Rocha, the protector of the sick, dates back to 1651. The church itself was built by the brothers Carl and Martin Lurago, who were successful in building the church of Sts. Ignác and František Xaverský on the Březnická square. Especially Carlo Lurago was an important architect of the 17th century, he participated in constructions for the Jesuit order (eg the church from the Březnice square with dormitories, cloisters on the Holy Mountain, the Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene in Dobrá Voda, the Chapel of St. Barbara in Pročevily), but it is also connected with secular buildings such as the castle in Náchod, the reconstruction of the chateau in Nové Město nad Metují, the hunting castle Humprecht near Sobotka.