Wooden churches of Maramureș
The wooden churches of Maramureș in the Maramureș region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Orthodox churches, and occasionally Greek-Catholic ones, of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. 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.
Image: Budești Josani Saint Nicholas Church (2023) img 28
Image: Desești Saint Parascheva Church UNESCO WHS (2023) img 19
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Maramureș is a geographical, historical and cultural region in northern Romania and western Ukraine. It is situated in the northeastern Carpathians, along parts of the upper Tisza River drainage basin; it covers the Maramureș Depression and the surrounding Carpathian mountains.
Máramaros County (Hungarian: Máramaros vármegye; Romanian: Comitatul Maramureș; Ukrainian: Комітат Марамарош), 1905
Romanians wearing Maramureș traditional clothing at a church in Sat-Șugatag
Haystacks Borșa Rodna Mountains National Park
Maramureș Mountains Natural Park