Ruins of St. James's Chapel and St. Lawrence's Church
Kaplnka sv. Jakuba
Ruins of St. James's Chapel and St. Lawrence's Church
Kaplnka sv. Jakuba
Original function:
church
chapel
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
GPS coordinates:
48.144706, 17.112071
History
The northwestern gate of the town of Pozsony was called St. Lawrence's Gate and it led to the village of Szentlőrinc (St Lawrence). Its first parish church was the Chapel of St. James, and its ruins can be inspected under a glass roof. It was a round chapel built around 1100, and a Gothic cemetery chapel was built on its site in the 14th century. The St. Lawrence's church was a three-nave Gothic church built a few meters to the north of the chapel at the beginning of the 14th century. The church was modified in the 15th century and in 1529 it was demolished due to defense concerns with respect to the Turkish threat. In 1774 the cemetery, the St. James's chapel, the St. Lawrence's Gate and the town walls were all demolished. They marked the location of the foundation walls of St. Lawrence's church in the pavement.
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