Wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains

Wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains
UNESCO world heritage
Map of wooden churches in Slovakia
National territory:	Slovakia
Type:	Culture
Criteria :	(iii) (iv)
Surface:	2.5644 ha
Buffer zone:	90.4141 ha
Reference No .:	1273
UNESCO region :	Europe and North America
History of enrollment
Enrollment:	2008  (session 32)

Under the name of wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathians , UNESCO lists eight Slovak wooden churches as world cultural heritage .

The churches were built between the 16th and 18th centuries and are considered by the World Heritage Committee to be "a good example of a rich local tradition of religious architecture at the interface between Western European and Byzantine culture". Two Roman Catholic churches, three Protestant churches, also known as articulated churches , and three Greek Catholic churches were awarded. In addition to the eight World Heritage Sites, there are around 50 other wooden churches in Slovakia.

place	designation	Denomination	image
Bodružal	St. Nicholas	Greek Catholic
Hervartov	Church of St. Francis of Assisi	Roman Catholic
Hronsek	Wooden articulated church	evangelical
Kežmarok	Wooden articulated church	evangelical
Ladomirová	Church of St. Michael the Archangel	Greek Catholic
Leštiny	Wooden articulated church	evangelical
Ruská Bystrá	Church of St. Nicholas	Greek Catholic
Tvrdošín	All Saints Church	Roman Catholic

Web links

Commons : Wooden churches in the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountains  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Entry on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website ( English and French ).
• Wooden churches in Slovakia