Malá dedinka Kraskovo je situovaná na juhovýchode Slovenska asi
15 km severne od okresného mesta Rimavská Sobota. Osadu založili
talianski banskí kolonisti, ktorých pozval ku koncu 13. storocia
kalocský arcibiskup Štefan. Najvýznamnejšou dominantou a pýchou
obce Kraskovo je starobylý ranogotický evanjelický kostol postavený
na mieste staršieho kostola z 13. storocia potvrdeného
archeologickým výskumom. Na stenách jeho presbytéria a na severnej
stene lode sa zachovali gotické nástenné malby zo
14. storocia.
Kostol v 15. storocí opevnili múrom a prestavali. V roku 1555 ho
poškodili Turci, avšak v rokoch 1814 a 1906 ho postupne
reštaurovali. Naposledy boli kraskovské malby, medzi ktorými vyniká
tzv. ladislavská legenda, kompletne reštaurované v roku 1985,
rovnako aj mobiliár. Renesancný oltár a kazatelnica s bohatou
drevorezbou z roku 1668 sú dielom toho istého majstra. Drevený
malovaný chór je z roku 1669. Drevený kazetový
strop z roku 1758 s ludovou malbou prispôsobili fragmentom
staršieho renesancného stropu z roku 1562. Kamenná krstitelnica s
románskymi prvkami pochádza z konca 13. storocia a klasicistický
organ z roku 1818.
Po reformácii sa stal evanjelickým kostolom a ostal ním dodnes. V
jeho areáli stojí aj drevená renesancná zvonica
zrubovej konštrukcie z roku 1657. K objektu sa môžete dostat cez
cintorín, avšak do kostola iba po dohode so správcom. Informácie o
vstupe do kostola získate aj na obecnom úrade.
The small village of Kraskovo is located in the southeastern
part of Slovakia, about 15 km north of Rimavská Sobota. The village
was founded Italian mining colonists, who were invited by
archbishop Štefan if Kaloca at the end of the 13th Century. The
most important dominant and the pride of the village Kraskovo is
the old Early Gothic Evangelical church built on the site of an old
church from the 13th century as the archaeological research
confirmed. On the walls of its presbytery and on the northern wall
of the nave are the Gothic wall paintings from the 14th
century.
The church was fortified by wall and rebuilt in the 15th
century. In 1555 Turks damaged it but it was restored again in the
years 1814 and 1906. The paintings including the Ladislavs Legend
and the church furniture was restored for the last time in 1985.
The same artisan made the Renaissance altar and the pulpit carved
in wood from 1668. The wooden painted chancel is from 1669. The
wooden panel ceiling from 1758 with folk paintings was adapted to
the preserved fragments of older Renaissance ceiling from 1562. The
stone baptistery with Romanesque elements is from the end of the
13th century and the Classicist organ is from 1818.
The church was taken over by the Evangelicals after the
Reformation. The wooden Renaissance belfry from 1657 stands next to
the church. To the area we can entry across the cemetery, to the
church only after agreement with manager. Information about entry
to the church we obtain on village Office too.