Sēlpils Lutheran Church was built from 1846–1850. It was once an impressive stone building with a tower and 500 seats. The altarpiece painting ‘Christ on the Cross’ disappeared during the Soviet era. In 1905 local teacher and revolutionary Pēteris Rizga (1883–1955) gave speeches to locals from the pulpit. During WWII the retreating Red Army shot the church tower and roof. The roof suffered further damage in the summer of 1944. After the war the church was renovated but the small congregation could not sustain the building and had to give it up in 1960.
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In 2018, the church was roofed and the building is being repaired and arranged.
Vecsēlpils, Latvija
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