The church of
Saint Nicholas in Budești Josani ("Lower Budești") in the village of
Budeşti in the region of
Maramureș
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,
Cosău valley in
Romania
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is representative of the characteristic
wooden churches of Maramureș
The wooden churches of Maramureș in the Maramureș region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Orthodox churches, and occasionally Greek-Catholic ones, of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. ...
with double
eaves. It is one of eight wooden churches of Maramureș that
UNESCO
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has listed as a
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Construction
The wooden church at Budești Josani was dated by an inscription on the portal from 1643. Unfortunately the inscription was lost during the enlargement of the entrance in 1923. The inscription was verified
Dendrochronology, dendrochronologically and the log structure was firmly dated from the winter 1642–43, ''i.e.'' the moment the timbers were felled. This church appears to have been built by the same master carpenter who built the wooden churches at
Slătioara (before 1639) and
Sârbi Susani (1639).
Budesti Josani.sud.jpg, Budești Josani, the southern side. Photo: A Baboș, July 2006
Budesti Josani.vest.jpg, Budești Josani, the reconstructed entrance after renovation 2002. Photo: A Baboş, July 2006
References
Alexandru Baboș: Tracing a Sacred Building Tradition, Norrköping 200
External links
Romanian Monasteries
Bilder aus Budesti
Wooden churches of Maramureș
Religious buildings and structures completed in 1643
17th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings
Romanian Orthodox churches in Romania
1643 establishments in Europe
Former Greek-Catholic churches in Romania
17th-century churches in Romania
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