Wooden church – the largest
THE LARGEST WOODEN CHURCH
An evangelical church from Paludze (at present in St. Cross near Liptovská Mara) is the largest wooden church on the territory of Slovakia. It is 43 meters long and 11.5 meters high. It has 72 windows and 12 doors and holds 6,000 people. It was built in 1774 by Master Jozef Lang, a carpenter, and his forty assistants. The church was erected in less than one year (exactly eight months and 22 days) in order to obey Hungarian law, which allowed evangelicals to build churches under conditions almost impossible of fulfilment. An interesting thing is that not a single nail was used during its construction.
Translator: Irina Habajová
Posledná editácia: 2009-11-29
