Pohořelice - church of St. Jacob the Elder

Parish Church of St. Jakuba is located in the center of the city and, thanks to its more than 30 m high tower with a walkway, forms its architectural dominant. The original smaller church in the Romanesque style was destroyed by fire in 1278, together with the town. Then, in several construction stages between 1290 and 1580, a three-aisled Gothic church was built, with a transept, a polygon of the presbytery and a four-sided tower, placed asymmetrically in…