Painted Churches of Texas

You might have thought that we had seen enough churches in Italy, but we signed up for a Sun City sponsored tour before we left. It seems that the Czech and German immigrants to Texas in the 19th century built a lot of churches across the state. From the outside the churches look pretty ordinary, but once you go inside they are anything but ordinary. We visited churches near Schulenburg, which is between San Antonio and Houston about two hours south of Austin. We visited the churches in Dubina, Ammansville, High Hill and Praha. There are lot more of these churches and at least 15 of them on the National Register of Historic Places, so this is just a sample. Most of them are open for visitors all the time.

The church in Dubina.

The Church in Ammansville. No exterior shot.

The Church in High Hill. One of the prettiest exteriors.

The church in Praha.