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Encyclopedia > Wooden Churches of Maramures
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Maramureş wooden churches

The Maramureş wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are narrow but high timber constructions with characteristic tall, slim clock towers at the western end of the building. They are a particular vernacular expression of the cultural landscape of this mountainous area of northern Romania.


They have been listed by the UNESCO as World Heritage Sites


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Wooden churches of Maramures (773 words)
Men are amazingly skillful wood carvers, and you shouldn't be surprised that all the old houses and churches are entirely made of wood.
These churches are built in the 17th and 18th centuries without the help of any iron nails, yet reach impressive heights.
Ieud has the oldest of all the churches in Maramures (1638) and one of the most beautiful.
Budapest Style Online (1278 words)
Maramures which lies in the northeastern part of Transylvania, on the way to the Eastern Carpathians and Bucovina, is known for its extraordinary wooden churches.
Their churches, therefore, had to be built of wood, and so the Orthodox perfected a style of wooden church architecture completely their own.
The walls of the wooden churches of Maramures are generally built of square-hewn logs laid horizontally with intricate joints.
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