1. WOODEN CHURCHES Prešov region

2. Wooden churches in general Built around Europe, most of them in Slovakia. All parts had to be made of wood, no iron nails. Tserkvas („cerkvy“) 16th – 19th century Roman Catholic Protestant prayer houses Greek Catholic,later Orthodox 26 churches, 4 on the UNESCO list (2008) Higher then the rest of the buildings

3. Composition, Interior Lemko type :3 parts  symbolize Holy Trinity Entering part Main part altar Wooden shingle wall of icons /iconostas (from Greek “eikon” - picture, “stasis” – building)

5. Church of St Luke the Evangelist in BreZany The only one in Prešov district 1727 Cemetery ˇ wooden church of St Francis of Assisi in Hervatov UNESCO Oldest (1500), best preserved

6. articular church in KeZmarok Greek Catholic Wooden Church of St Nicholas in BodruZal ˇ

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