Wooden churches from Maramures

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To prove their faith, the people from Maramures built those wooden churches as high as possible using original building techniques.

Wooden churches from Maramures – These wooden churches are outstanding examples of religious architecture resulting from the interchange of orthodox religious traditions with gothic influences. They are narrow but high timbered constructions with a characteristic slim clock tower at the western end of the building, single or doubled roofed and covered by shingles. Eight of them, from different periods (from 1604 to 1796), areas and with different architectural solutions were chosen as monuments of World Heritage in 1999.