The dilapidated chapel in Pardubice will be acquired and renovated by the Omnium association

Pardubice – Pardubice will hand over the Chapel of the Holy Trinity in Svítkov to the Omnium association. The non-profit organization aims to reconstruct the remains of the chapel from the late 19th century. If the association fails to fulfill its obligation, it will pay a contractual penalty and return the property to the city, announced Nataša Hradní from the mayor's office in a press release today.

The dilapidated sacred building was purchased by the city last year from the heirs of the original owner. Pardubice has been negotiating the purchase with them since 2018.

The Chapel of the Holy Trinity stood on the western side of Pardubice. Originally a wooden structure, it was built as part of the spa in 1797 at the location of a healing spring. The area became known as U Trojice after the chapel, a name still in use today. The chapel and the spa burned down in 1860. A brick pseudo-Gothic chapel was built on the site, but over the years it deteriorated, and today only a mere fragment remains.

The registered association Omnium focuses on projects aimed at the rescue and restoration of destroyed, endangered, or unused monuments, ranging from small structures, crosses, and pilgrimage paths to large sacred and non-sacred monuments in the Czech Republic. For instance, in the Broumov region, it has participated in the preparation for the restoration of the Church of All Saints in Heřmánkovice and in the rescue of various small monuments. The association is also active in the South Bohemian, Plzeň, Ústí nad Labem, and Moravian-Silesian regions.

The free transfer of the building plot with the crumbling chapel was approved by the city councilors. The association plans to restore the monument within ten years. If it fails to meet this obligation, it will pay a contractual penalty of 900,000 crowns, and the land with the chapel will be returned to the city.