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	Wooden churches of Maramures
		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.
	students.missouri.edu /~romsa/destinations/html/wooden_churches.html (773 words)

	Budapest Style Online
		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.
	www.budapeststyle.com /travel.html (1278 words)

	Maramures Wooden Churches
		The 17 th century wooden Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Rogoz, a village situated on the banks of the Lapus, was constructed in 1633.
		The Church of the Blessed Parascheva in Desesti was erected in 1717.
		The Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Surdesti, a village in the Cavnic River valley, was built in 1766 and the murals were painted in 1783 by Stefan of Sisesti.
	earomania.com /attractions/maramures_churches.html (792 words)

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		Wooden churches of the medieval type were built even in the 17´th century but they retain old constructive patterns and could easily be compared to a house from the same village.
		The butt of the church embraces the narthex and the nave in a rectangular plan to which a narrower sanctuary used to be added.
		Outside the church between the two levels of windows is a narrow roof, which together with the tower gives the morosan church its distinctive outer profile.
	www.geol.lu.se /personal/hsl/maramures/Churches.htm (196 words)

	The land of Maramures - Romanian handcrafted gifts and handcrafted items on Autentiq.com
		Maramures means a world which most naturally blends the purity of nature with the archaism of villages in a magical ceremonial.
		A tiny European show is formed by the wooden churches of Maramures, delighting their visitors with the height of the spire, the original techinique of the construction, the armony of proportions and many ghost stories which hide behind the walls of each construction.
		The people of Maramures are famous cattle breeders and have the reputation of diligent people, who are not afraid of working, but maybe none of the works in the fields, in mid-summer, is'nt as looked for as hay mowing.
	www.autentiq.com /content/about/the-land-of-maramures.htm (636 words)

	Maramures, Romania - A Guidebook to the Wooden Churches of Maramures
		Maramures, Romania - A Guidebook to the Wooden Churches of Maramures
		Its well-preserved wooden villages and churches, its traditional lifestyle, and the local colourful dresses still in use make Maramureş as near to a living museum as can be found in Europe.
		Most of these churches were built during the 18th and 19th centuries, on the place of older churches that no longer exist.
	metaneira.com /maramures_guidebook/maramures.html (220 words)

	EMN Congress 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The wooden churches with their tall and pointed steeples, are representative especially for the landscape in Maramures si Salaj.
		The cemetery is characterised by the coloured wooden crosses with human faces and symbols sculpted near comical verses.
		The tourist can also see wooden churches dating from the 17 - 18 centuries, many of them built of common oak wood - and this is why they are not so high as those built of fir wood.
	www.rsn.ro /emn/maramures.htm (236 words)

	WebWire® \| Romanian Monasteries
		Maramures section takes under focus the famous wooden churches of the region.
		Most of these churches were built during the 18th and 19th centuries, on the place of older churches that no longer exist.
		The churches are made of thick logs, are quite small and dark inside, and painted with rather “naïve” Biblical scenes.
	www.webwire.com /ViewPressRel.asp?aId=21961 (350 words)

	Surdesti - Uniate Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The new church at the convent in Barsana now claims the record at 56 meters.
		The church was built in 1724 and today serves the 400 families living in Surdesti.
		Like most wooden churches in Maramures, it is built almost entirely from oak without metal nails.
	www.johnrausch.com /Maramures/surde03.htm (83 words)

	International Projects - Proiecte Internationale - Romania - Maramures - Baia Mare
		A land with an old Romanian cultural and artistic tradition, Tara Chioarului preserves a significant number of monuments from the domain of wooden religious architecture which are valuable proofs of the work of the native creators of folklore.
		An artistic achievement of extreme dare, remarkable by the imposing dimensions of the tower, the church from Surdesti is known to be the highest wooden (oak) building in the world, the tower measuring 54 m, the total height, measured from the bottom, being 72 m.
		Like all of the wall paintings in the wooden churches of Maramures, they are painted with tempera onto the inside of the huge wall logs.
	www.multinet.ro /international_projects/multimedia5.htm (364 words)

	The wooden churches from Maramures
		"The most impressive wooden monuments are the wooden churches, which guard, with their supple steeples, a space bordered by the horizons, imposing by the harmony of the lines, the variety of details and the perfection of their proportions.
		They were built very high, their verticality demanding specific solutions as it can be observed in the structuring of the framework and the steeples, with watch-towers, that also house the bell-tower.
		The architecture of the churches from Maramures evolved because of the craftsmanship, experience and fantasy of the local woodcarvers, they having succeeded in imposing their specific style even to the surrounding counties: Bistrita, Salaj, Satu Mare and Cluj.
	www.maramuresmuzeu.ro /ro/en/church.htm (439 words)

	Maramures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		The individuality of the Maramures mountains and valleys in the northwest of Transylvania is legendary.
		Particular characteristics of the villages are wooden churches with tall towers and shingled roofs, some dating as far as the 14th century.
		Being authentic monuments of architecture, the churches delight with their slim lines, surprising harmony of proportions and towers darting towards the sky.
	www.atlantic.ro /atlantic/Atlantic_site/maramures.htm (402 words)

	Wooden Churches of Maramureş - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Maramureş wooden churches in Northern Transylvania are a selection of eight examples of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas.
		Its well-preserved wooden villages and churches, its traditional lifestyle, and the local colourful dresses still in use make Maramureş as near to a living museum as can be found in Europe.
		The famous wooden churches of the region were built during the 18th and 19th centuries, on the place of older churches that no longer exist.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wooden_Churches_of_Maramures (270 words)

	World Heritage Sites in Romania
		Interior frescoes in the church have been tarnished by the smoke from fires lit by Turkish slaves who camped there.
		Church of the Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, Barsana
		Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Leud
	www.thesalmons.org /lynn/wh-romania.html (207 words)

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		The Maramures and Oas are renowned for the beauty of their magnificent forests and their mountains.
		A 14th century Catholic church was paid for, by forced contributions from the miners.
		The church is believed to have been built in 1390 and moved to its present hilltop position early in the 18th century.
	www.dominotravel.ro /maramures.html (1144 words)

	Hidden Romania: The Flavour of Old Europe
		Peasants in the remote Maramures and Oas highland areas, in the villages of the Iza river valley or of the Viseu river valley have kept to their traditional ways of life from times immemorial.
		Their small but graceful wooden churches have beautiful Byzantine murals and icons on the inside, but paradoxically their slender bell-towers built in the church suggest the Gothic style.
		And yet their main contribution is not relating to town churches but to a hybrid and particularly effective form of architecture, namely the peasant fortified churches, that would protect the villagers from frequent raids by Tartars or Turks during the Middle Ages.
	www.theculturedtraveler.com /Archives/Dec2005/Hidden_Romania.htm (899 words)


		Unfortunately, the only picture there is that of a wooden gate, with a bit of the steeple of a church seen through.
		The wooden churches of Maramures are believed to be amongst the highest wood structures in the world, and this is quite impressive given the fact that they're made without using one single metal nail (or power tools, for that matter).
		The highest churches in Maramures are over 50m tall, and have been standing for centuries.
	www.physics.ubc.ca /~berciu/VARIOUS/index.html (676 words)

	Romanian Monasteries - Maramures - A Travel Guide to Romania 's Region of Wooden Churches
		The people of Maramureş, the moroşeni, are very hospitable, always ready to invite visitors to their homes, to offer a glass of horincã, the local distilled drink, made of plums or apples.
		This makes Maramureş an "easy" and interesting place to visit, but also the fact that the people have maintained their traditions maybe better than any other group in Romania, still wearing the folk costume, weaving textiles, carving wooden objects, and so on.
		Wooden Churches describes nearly 30 churches in historical Maramureş and the neighbouring countries of Lăpuş and Chioar.
	www.romanianmonasteries.org /maramureslearnmore.html (1166 words)

	Romania - Wooden Churches of Maramures
		Districts of Bârsana, Budesti, Desesti, Ieud, Sisesti, Poienile Izei, Târgu-Lapus; Maramureş County, Region of Transylvania.
		There is a strong tradition of building wooden churches right across Eastern Europe, from Karelia and northern Russia all the way to the Adriatic, but in terms of both quality and quantity the richest examples are in Maramures.
		Most of the Maramures churches were rebuilt after the last Tatar rid in 1717, acquiring large porches and tall towers, often with four corner-pinnacles, clearly derived from the masonry architecture of the Transylvanian cities.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-RomaniaMaramures.htm (355 words)

	Romanian Monasteries - Powered By Bloglines
		There is, indeed, no other place in the world where such a group of churches, with such high quality exterior frescoes, are to be seen.The churches were founded, in most cases, as family burial places of princes and high nobles.
		The nature, people, houses and churches are spiritually connected and have maintained this link to the present.But most of all is the uniqueness of the architecture is the inclusion of eight wooden churches in UNESCO's World Cultural and Natural Heritage List.
		Besides texts and photographs, there are explanatory line drawings and aquarelles for the most important ones. Maramures section takes under focus the famous wooden churches of the region.
	www.bloglines.com /blog/romanianmonasteries (1111 words)

	Romanian Monasteries - Maramures - Surdesti
		Summary: The church of Şurdeşti was the tallest wooden church in Europe with its tower of 54 m and a total height of 72 m until a few years back when the new 78 m tall church of the monastery of Peri in Săpânţa was built.
		The Graeco-Catholic church of the Holy Archangels was built in 1766, proved by an inscription in Cyrillic characters incised above the entrance door.
		The church, although outside the historical area of Maramureş, is a typical Maramureşean church of the mature period of the style.
	www.romanianmonasteries.org /images/maramures/surdesti/surdesti.html (327 words)

	: Painted Monasteries
		Travel to Surdesti (the wooden church "Stintii Arhangheli", the second tallest wooden construction in Europe).
		(The wooden church from Barsana is the tallest wooden building in Europe, 62 metters).
		Other objectives: all around the Historical Maramures, you can admire one of the eldest European civilization, with a lot of Dacians and pre-Christians symbols; the area is famous for wooden-carved gates, handicrafts and woodcrafts.
	www.alexandertour.com /en/tour_category/id17/?tour_id=59 (415 words)

	Wooden Churches of Maramures: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The Maramures[?] wooden churches, in N. 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.
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	www.encyclopedian.com /wo/Wooden-Churches-of-Maramures.html (132 words)

	: Discover Romania
		Continue to Surdesti to see the wooden church "Siintii Arhangheli" - the second tallest wooden construction in Europe.
		Other objectives: all around the Historical Maramures, you can admire one of the oldest European civilizations, which has a lot of Dacians and pre-Christians symbols.
		Departure to Borsa, through Iza Valley, with short breaks in Botiza, Barsana and leud for seeing the famous wooden churches from Maramures (the tallest wooden building in Europe: the wooden church from Barsana, 62 m.
	www.alexandertour.com /en/tour_category/id17/?tour_id=58 (600 words)

	Visit Maramures
		Maramures is a remote region in the extreme north of Romania.
		Due to the relative isolation of their land, the people of Maramures developed, during the time, a particularly strong community, with unique personality and traditions.
		Maramures is a intriguing place, where you can be amazed by the mingling of modern and old habits, such as wearing traditional hand-made clothes and shoes, but washing them with the modernest washing machine.
	www.geocities.com /MadisonAvenue/7569/mypage.html (221 words)

	Romanian Heritage Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
		From the wooden churches of Maramures through the Saxon fortresses of legendary Transylvania to the unspoiled Danube Delta area, Romania is very rich in UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
		Drive through the scenic Prislop Pass to Maramures, the land of wooden churches and carved wooden gates, unique folk costumes and traditions.
		From Maramures you descend into legendary Transylvania, the land beyond the forest, whose cultural heritage has been shaped by a mixture of people, languages and traditions: Romanian, German, Hungarian.
	www.europetraveltours.net /Esc/romanian_world_heritage_sites_tour.htm (972 words)

	Romanian Monasteries - Maramures - Wooden Churches - Pictures, Drawings, Maps, History and Facts
		The Maramures wooden churches are remarkable examples of well-preserved religious architecture that emerged from the Orthodox traditions and Gothic style influences.
		The churches show such a high level of artistic maturity and craft skills: they are narrow, tall, timber constructions with characteristic elongated towers single or double-roofed and covered by shingles.
		The walls of the wooden churches are generally built of oak logs laid horizontally with intricate joints.
	www.romanianmonasteries.org /Maramures-allchurches.html (218 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Maramures
		BARSANA, Romania (Reuters) - Hidden for centuries in a corner of the northern Carpathians, the wooden churches of Maramures have long been one of Romania's...
		Iosif Irimescu was only 15 metres from the border with Hungary in Maramures when he saw a civilian man and asked him how far he had to go on foot to leave...
		Iosif Irimescu was just 50 yards from the border with Hungary in Maramures when he saw a civilian man and asked him how far he had to go on foot to leave...
	conservation.mongabay.com /files/Maramures.htm (301 words)

	1Up Travel > Romania - Attractions and Sight Seeing in Romania. - The wooden churches of Maramures
		Maramures is a remote region in the extreme north of the country.
		Maramures is a intriguing place, where you can be amazed by the mingling of modern and old habits, such as wearing traditional handmade clothes and shoes.
		In fact, here you will find the highest wooden building in Europe reaching up to almost 72 m (236 ft).
	www.1uptravel.com /international/europe/romania/thewoodenchurchesofmaramures.html (198 words)

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