Valchid Fortified Church

The today church was built in the 14th century in the form of a buttress-supported hall church with a choir apse. The choir was ribbed-vaulted at beginning of the 16th century. The interior of the nave is today dominated by the classicist barrel vault, while the choir has preserved the stave vault from 1507. Unlike other fortified churches, four of the defence towers were built in the middle of each linear section of the wall. The gate tower in the east is groined-vaulted and was provided with a portcullis. With its massive 2.7m-thick walls, it functions both as a bell tower and as a keep. Today, the enclosing wall measures 5-7m; originally it was 10m high.