Veselé: Baroque Church, Parish House and Škublič Chapel

Veselé lies on the northeastern edge of the Trnava Hills, at the transition to a spur of the Danubian Lowland along the Váh, on the right-bank terrace of the Dudváh and 12 km southwest of Piešťany.

Culture

Opposite the church dedicated to Saint Bartholomew stands the parish house of Veselé. The two-storey, elongated building has a passage covered by Prussian vaults. Its ground floor is a baroque structure with a Neoclassical façade dating from the 18th century. After two fires, an upper floor and an Empire-style façade were added in the first half of the 19th century.

At the entrance to the parish house garden stand Baroque stone statues of Saint Florian and Saint Wendelin from the 18th century. A commemorative plaque on the parish house recalls a gathering of the founders of temperance societies, which took place there on 12 August 1847; the plaque was unveiled on 8 December 1968.

History

The church in Veselé, dedicated to Saint Bartholomew, was rebuilt as a Baroque church between 1736 and 1743. In 1925, it was expanded and renovated by adding two side aisles, making it a three-aisled church. The vault of the main nave features four painted biblical scenes: the Flight into Egypt, the miraculous multiplication of the loaves, the Last Supper and the Expulsion of the Merchants from the Temple. On the north side of the church stands a sandstone monument to the soldiers who fell in the First World War (1914–1918). There is also a Baroque work from 1763 in the square by the church.

In 1900, the Škublič family had a larger brick chapel built in the Gothic style in the cemetery, on the site of their family crypt. The Škublič family chapel is dedicated to the Exaltation of the Holy Cross; Catholic Masses are occasionally held there.

At the upper edge of the former village of Ťapkové stands a wooden bell tower with a wooden roof. It houses a small bell made in Bratislava in 1821.

The birthplace of Štefan Moyses houses an exhibition about his life and work. The birthplace is an example of preserved vernacular architecture from this region. Štefan Moyses was the first chairman of Matica slovenská.

The church, parish house and chapel form the cultural and historical focal point; the protected area provides a separate natural focus that expands the themes of the village and its surroundings in Veselé.

When choosing a holiday apartment in Veselé, travel dates, room category and cancellation conditions can be compared with one’s own interests in cultural history and nature observation. The offer details provide a practical framework for selection; the baroque church, parish house, Škublič Chapel and protected area remain the distinct points of reference for the village and its surroundings. The three details help organise one’s personal criteria before making a decision.

Nature

Veselé is part of the Špačinsko-nižnianske polia Special Protection Area, an important breeding and feeding ground for the saker falcon and other bird species of the open agricultural landscape.

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