The Church of St. Clement is the oldest Christian church in the Czech territory, built between 882 and 884, after the baptism of Prince Bořivoj in Moravia by St. Methodius.

Only the foundations of the rotunda under the floor of the present church have been preserved from the original church from the time of Bořivoj - it is therefore not the oldest preserved standing church in Bohemia.

17.4.2017, 16.5.2020 a 17.10.1998

The Church of St. Peter and Paul is the oldest standing building in the Czech Republic, dating from the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries - founded by Prince Spytihnev.
A Romanesque tower was added to the original pre-Romanesque nave in the 12th century, a rectangular chancel was added to the nave around 1585 and a sacristy in the 17th century. The main nave of Spytihnev's building is still intact, including the original vault.

Exterior and interior of the church at Budeč

Church tower in Budeč, 27 Sep 20081)

The foundations of residential buildings and a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary have been discovered in the vicinity of the rotunda - it was built on the fortress in the second half of the 10th century and is now commemorated by a ground plan.

Only a little bit (about 50 years) younger than the church in Budeč is the rotunda of St. Peter and Paul in Stary Plzenec - it dates back to the 2nd half of the 10th century. However, unlike the Budeč church, it is original, without any additions. (GPS 49°42'12.391´´N, 13°28'29.700´´E)

Then there is one more interesting thing - REPLICATION of the church in Modrá (near Velehrad). There was perhaps supposed to be a church from the time before the arrival of Sts Cyril and Methodius, built by the arrivals from the Iro-Scottish mission. The foundations of the original church are supposed to be from the 30s of the 9th century, the replica is built a few tens of meters away.
The shape of the built replica, however, does not correspond to reality except for the ground plan (we have no model of how churches looked like at that time). Since only a footprint of the original church remains, this can hardly be considered a tangible remnant of the earliest church. Rather, it can be considered as a place where one of the first churches (perhaps the very first) in the Czech Republic probably once stood.

And then there is another church from the time of the Franks (before the arrival of St. Cyril and Methodius) in Slovakia in Kopčany. This is not a replica, but a real church with an ancient consecration (St. Margaret of Antioch / St. Margaret of Antioch) and there should be enough original masonry.

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The oldest wooden church in the Czech Republic is the cemetery church of Church of Our Lady in Broumov (Panny Marie v Broumově), which dates back to the end of the Hussite wars. The first verifiable mention of the church in literature refers to the consecration of the altar and dates back to 1383. However, this original church was destroyed by fire in 1421 during the siege of the town by the Hussites. The timber for the construction of the new church was felled in the winter of 1436 to 1437 (according to dendrochronological dating - according to the year rings). In addition, the church has very valuable old paintings. ^{2) 3)}

All-wood Church of Our Lady in Broumov⁴⁾

Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Řepiště, Frýdek-Místek ⁵⁾

Even older wooden beams than those in the wooden church in Broumov can be found in the wooden church of St. Michael the Archangel in Řepiště - this church contains several beams from 1424.
Two beams from the north side of the nave, one beam from the west wall of the sacristy and one beam from the east wall of the presbytery date from 1424. The exact dating of the fir trees used for these beams was made possible by the presence of the underbark.
Other samples of beams besides the ones mentioned above from 1424 point to an early modern origin. The samples (especially from the presbytery) are dated to the first half of the 17th century and the 1790s. The rest date from the time of the next major restoration of the church after 1819. ⁶⁾

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