St. John Sarkander Chapel
Description:
The chapel of St. John Sarkander was built at the end of the seventeenth century on the site where the city prison and torture chambers were located, in which St. John Sarkander was martyred in 1620. The chapel was later rebuilt in the Baroque style. On its territory there are statues of Saints John of Nepomuk and John Sarkander. In the four corners of the dome there are four statues of saints, the walls have various images and biblical passages.
Internal frescoes tell about different moments of the life of the saint, in whose honor the chapel is named, among them images of imprisonment and torture of the saint. In front of the chapel is a source of holy water.