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Church of the Holy Archangels, Rogoz

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traditions with Gothic influences. Both the interior and exterior have carved wooden architectural details including a twisted rope decoration. There are two windows in the nave and the altar has a small circular window through which the sun's rays penetrate for a period of 30 minutes from 1 to 15
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and according to tradition all this wood came from two huge trees from the hill of Dealul Popii. The roof is of wooden shingles with very wide eaves that overhang the walls. There is a tower at the western end, the usual position in Maramureș wooden churches. The tower has a spire and four corner
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to the centre of the village of Rogoz on the site of St. Paraskeva, an existing church built in 1701. In 1834 the size of the nave windows was increased. In 1960–1961 a major renovation of the structure was undertaken and the floors were renewed.
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pinnacles, all hung with shingles and surrounded by the sweep of the main roof. The nave is narrow and rectangular, extending to a heptagonal chancel at the eastern end. There is also a polygonal porch. The design combines
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The church is a timber structure built of slabs that are jointed together without the use of metal nails. The wooden walls rest on a base of stone blocks and pebbles. The timber is
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All the interior walls are painted with murals in bright colours by Nicholas Mann and Radu Munteanu from the village of Ungureni who also produced wall paintings for the church in
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The church was built in 1633, which is indirectly confirmed by the inscription at the entrance informing visitors about the
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raid in 1661. The church survived the last Tatar invasion of 1717 which is referred to on a mural writing which mentions
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and others in the Lăpuș area. The murals date from 1785 as documented in inscriptions in
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An inscription on the door remembers the Tatar invasion of 1661
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Holy-Archangels-Michael-and-Gabriel-from-Rogoz at romguide
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Detail showing the method of jointing with 'horses heads'
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The exterior is decorated with carved cables and crosses
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Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Șurdești
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Church of the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
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in December 1999. The structure is in the village of
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Religious buildings and structures completed in 1633
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Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Plopiș
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Affiliation
Romanian Orthodox Church
Maramureș County
Year consecrated
Târgu Lăpuș
Romania
Church of the Holy Archangels, Rogoz is located in Romania
Geographic coordinates
47°28′09″N 23°55′37″E / 47.469128°N 23.926972°E / 47.469128; 23.926972
Romanian
Wooden Churches of Maramureș
Romania
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rogoz
Lăpuș River
Transylvania
Tatar
Suciu de Sus
elm
Orthodox
Desești
Cyrillic
The church is set in a graveyard
Detail showing the method of jointing with 'horses heads'
Detail showing polygonal apse and stone base
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The exterior is decorated with carved cables and crosses
An inscription on the door remembers the Tatar invasion of 1661
An unusual round window at the apse of the church

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