Chropyně - church of St. Giljí

Saint Jiljí used to be a very popular saint in the Middle Ages - before he became the abbot of the monastery, he used to be a hermit and, according to legend, he lived on the milk of a domesticated deer. The church, which is the main dominant feature of Náměstí Svobody in Chropyn, Haná, was also dedicated to this patron saint. The present form of the tabernacle began to emerge in 1772, when the reconstruction of the original late Romanesque building into a Baroque gem, which...