The wooden church "Saint Nicholas" from Sârbi Josani
The wooden church "Saint Nicholas" from Sârbi Josani

The wooden church "Saint Nicholas" from Sârbi Josani

Giulesti, Romania

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The wooden church "Saint Nicholas" from Sârbi Josani was erected around 1685 from oak on a carved stone foundation. The place belongs to the typology of the Maramureș churches, having a specific partition. The interior of the church still preserves some very old wooden icons, two of them bearing the imprint of the church pilgrim painter, Radu Munteanu.

*Photo credit: CJCPCT „Liviu Borlan” Maramureș, Rada Pavel

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