About the Church
The Church of St John the Baptist at Indrica stands in the village of Lielindrica, in the Kalnieši civil parish, in the Krāslava district, right on the border with Belarus, in the Latgale region. It belongs to the Diocese of Rēzekne–Aglona and is considered the oldest wooden church in Latvia.
The church was built in the 17th century using funds from the Plater family. As Lutheranism spread, it belonged to the Protestants for a time, and in 1695, after the nobleman Jan Andrejus Plater converted to Catholicism, his son Jan Liudvikas Plater rebuilt the church and returned it to the Catholics in 1698.
It is a small single-aisled quasi-basilican wooden church, about 12 metres long, regarded as a unique monument of wooden architecture. Inside are four richly decorated altars with wood carving and paintings, among them an 18th-century Rococo image of St Mary Magdalene, and a historic organ. A separate wooden bell tower stands beside the church, and the grounds are enclosed by a masonry wall.
The church was built in the 17th century using funds from the Plater family. As Lutheranism spread, it belonged to the Protestants for a time, and in 1695, after the nobleman Jan Andrejus Plater converted to Catholicism, his son Jan Liudvikas Plater rebuilt the church and returned it to the Catholics in 1698.
It is a small single-aisled quasi-basilican wooden church, about 12 metres long, regarded as a unique monument of wooden architecture. Inside are four richly decorated altars with wood carving and paintings, among them an 18th-century Rococo image of St Mary Magdalene, and a historic organ. A separate wooden bell tower stands beside the church, and the grounds are enclosed by a masonry wall.