Chapel of St. John of Nepomuk in Velehrad

The polygonal chapel of St. John of Nepomuck is also among the significant monuments of the Velehrad region. The chapel was built in 1715 and can be found in the southwest corner of the perimeter wall that runs around the monastery complex. The altarpiece Saint is by one of the most important Czech painters of the 18th century, the Jesuit Ignác Viktorin Raab. An interesting fact is that Ignác Raab was born in the same year that the chapel was…