Svatý Václav
Czechia
Stand in front of the Church of St Wenceslas in Šluknov and you are looking at what is probably the third church on this spot, each one ended by fire. The first, of unknown form and dedication, likely burned in the great town fire of 1634. Rebuilding during the Thirty Years' War was slow: a new tower rose only in 1647, and the whole church was finished in 1650 at a cost of 18,000 gold pieces. That second church burned in turn in June 1710, and for a time mass moved to the château, in summer held beneath a great lime tree in the château garden.
- Written with AI from the Wikipedia article Kostel svatého Václava (Šluknov) (cs.wikipedia.org); facts only from there
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