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Tvrdosin

The Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of Carpathian Mountain Area (Slovakia), two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Orthodox, (16th and 18th centuries) were built in small, poor villages and are examples of a rich local tradition of religious architecture, marked by the meeting of Latin and Byzantine cultures.

Publication Date: 30-06-2008

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