Vršícek
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Vršíček is a hill in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 located in Rokycany District
Rokycany District
Rokycany District is a district within Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is Rokycany.- Complete list of municipalities :Bezděkov -Břasy -Březina -Bujesily -Bušovice -Cekov -Cheznovice -Chlum -Chomle -Čilá -Dobřív -...

, Plzeň Region
Plzen Region
Plzeň Region is an administrative unit in the western part of Bohemia in the Czech Republic. It is named after its capital Plzeň .- Communes :...

 some 2.5 kilometres (2 mi) km northwest of Rokycany
Rokycany
Rokycany , is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It lies to the East from the region capital of Pilsen on the confluence of the River Klabava and the Holoubkov Brook . Alternatively, the Holoubkovský potok is referred to as the Borecký potok and the section of the Klabava River down...

 and 1 kilometre (0.621372736649807 mi) south of village of Litohlavy
Litohlavy
Litohlavy is a village in Western Bohemia, the Czech Republic , 3 km northwest of Rokycany, 403 m. above sea level, on the Osecký potok stream. The stream bisects the settlement into two parts...

. On the summit of Vršíček there is a baroque
Baroque architecture
Baroque architecture is a term used to describe the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and...

 chapel of the Visitation of Virgin Mary , which was built in 1744-47. The construction of the chapel was funded by town of Rokycany and was intended to protect the town against plague. The most recent repair of the chapel dates from 1990s.
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