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Wooden Churches of Maramureş

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Church with two poale in Sârbi Josani, Maramureş. From circa 1684.

The Wooden Churches of Maramureș in the Maramureş region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred churches of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. They are Orthodox churches. The Maramureș churches are high timber constructions with characteristic tall, slim bell 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.

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