Baia Mare · Romania

Wooden Churches of Maramureș

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (The wooden church in Ieud Hill)

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~45 min

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spiritual

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Forbidden to build in stone, they built wooden churches with 50-metre spires — taller than many cathedrals

Eight UNESCO-listed wooden churches scattered across the Maramureș countryside — tall, narrow, with impossibly steep wooden spires reaching 50m+. Built in the 17th-18th centuries when Romanians were forbidden to build stone churches. Inside: extraordinary biblical frescoes in naive style.