Petrovice - Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary dominates the village of Petrovice, which is located approximately 20 km northwest of Hradec Králové. The church in Petrovice is documented in the first written mention of the village around 1350. The current Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built, as a Gothic church, in the middle of the 15th century. The Baroque reconstruction of the church took place in 1724-37. In the pavement at the entrance there is a tombstone from…