Kostel svatého Jana Křtitele

I went around

The temple has been serving since 1952 by the Orthodox Church. The original temple building dates back to 1300, when the church was part of the hospital. The current appearance is the result of several modifications, the last of which is from 1747.

Beautiful (although unfortunately hidden behind the wall) one-nave church was built at the turn of the 13th and 14 century on the way from Kolín to Kutná Hora. He stood in a cemetery near the former hospital. Today it is one of the oldest Cologne monuments. The first written mention of it dates back to 1359. Late Gothic adaptations took place in 1589, after the Thirty Years War, was gradually repaired by the burghers of Kolín in 1652 and 1665. It was rebuilt in its late Baroque style in 1747, when the original prismatic tower. The last repairs have been carried out since 2015 until my visit in December 2019. In the interior of the church, there is an interesting collection of artistic monuments, mostly from the 18th century, such as the Stations of the Cross from 1759-60, transferred here from the St. Bartholomew, an interesting Baroque pulpit from 1715 by Kutná Hora carver from the circle of František Martin Ketterbauer, or the main altar from 1747 by Richard Jiří Práchner. Rococo altar frame with contemporary painting of St. John the Baptist, with statues of St. Anne and St. Jáchym, holding a plaque with a Hebrew inscription, is now hidden behind an iconostasis of 1952. Beautiful (but unfortunately hidden today behind the wall) single-nave church was built on the turn of the 13th and 14 century on the way from Kolín to Kutná Hora. It stood in a cemetery near the former hospital. Today it is one of the oldest Kolín monuments. The first written mention of it dates back to 1359. Late Gothic modifications took place in 1589, after the Thirty Years War it was gradually repaired by the burghers of Kolín in 1652 and 1665. In its present form it was finally rebuilt in the late Baroque style in 1747, when the original prismatic tower was demolished. Minor modifications were made many times for the needs of Orthodox Church. The latest repairs have been in progress since 2015 until my visit in late December 2019. In the interior of the church, there is an interesting collection of artistic monuments mostly from the 18th century, such as the Stations of the Cross from 1759–60, transferred from the Church Bartholomew, an interesting Baroque pulpit from 1715 by Kutná Hora carver from the workshop of František Martin Ketterbauer and a valuable main altar from 1747 by Richard Jiří Práchner. Rococo frame altar St. John the Baptist Anne and St. Jáchym, holding a plaque with a Hebrew inscription, is now hidden behind an iconostasis of 1952.