wooden churches of Maramureș
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How it came to be
Maramureș is a mountainous region of northern Romania where almost a hundred wooden Orthodox churches still stand. Those that survive were built between the 17th and 19th centuries, some on the sites of older churches.
They are tall, narrow buildings of thick logs, with a slim bell tower over the west entrance and a great shingled roof that seems to dwarf the body of the church. Their form joins Orthodox tradition with Gothic influence, and inside they are painted with simple Bible scenes by local painters. They were built by specialist church carpenters who passed their knowledge down through generations.
In 1999 eight of them were inscribed: Bârsana, Budești, Desești, Ieud, Plopiș, Poienile Izei, Rogoz and Șurdești.
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