Markvartice, St. Martin's Church, devastated church interior, 1981

The church has been reconstructed with a new copper roof, tower, and flèche. The nave roof, truss, and vault collapsed in 1984. An addition on the left side of the nave has been mostly demolished. The façade has been repaired, with new windows and shutters on the tower. Temporary doors are closed. Inside, new, unpainted plaster has been applied, and work continues. Drainage is being installed around the church. The surrounding cemetery has been cleared, nearly half of the perimeter wall repair.. Read more »ed, and Stations of the Cross chapels along the wall are being restored. The steps to the church and the main gate have also been repaired. After 1948, the church was deliberately neglected. By the mid-1960s, the damaged roof began leaking, and parts of the baroque stucco ceiling fell in 1965. The entire vault subsequently collapsed. Part of the roof collapsed in 1974, and the entire roof structure fell into the nave in 1984. Residents salvaged the fallen timbers for fuel, and access to the ruins was forbidden. The last remaining vault above the presbytery collapsed, along with the triumphal arch bearing the Thun coat of arms. Before that, valuable furnishings were removed on orders from the communist authorities and transported to Slovakia. A large altarpiece depicting St. Martin, a medallion painting of the Virgin Mary above it, two side baroque altars including a statue of St. John of Nepomuk, a painting of Christ's relatives, and 24 paintings of saints were lost. Four statues of the Evangelists, now in Růžova, survived. The organ was also taken to Slovakia, its carved baroque case reportedly destroyed. A Gothic wooden crucifix, and a double-sided statue of Our Lady of the Rosary also disappeared.