Saint Parascheva Church, Desești

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Saint Parascheva Church
Biserica de lemn din Desești
The church in 2023

Address	Desești, Maramureș County
Country	Romania
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Associations	Romanian Orthodox Church
History
Status	active church
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Maramureș and Sătmar
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Wooden Churches of Maramureş
Criteria	Cultural: (iv)
Reference	904
Inscription	1999 (23rd Session)

Saint Parascheva Church is a Romanian Orthodox church in Desești Commune, Maramureș County, Romania. Built in 1770, it is one of eight buildings that make up the wooden churches of Maramureș UNESCO World Heritage Site,^[1] and is also listed as a historic monument by the country's Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs.^[2]

Gallery

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Side view
Church as approached from the entry
West tympanum of the nave: Tree of the Patriarchs
Crucifixion scene
Entry portal
Roof details
Gateway to the church

References

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^ "Wooden Churches of Maramureș". whc.unesco.org. UNESCO.
^ "Lista Monumentelor Istorice 2010: Județul Maramureș" (PDF) (in Romanian). p. 1170. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 4, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

Bibliography

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Porumb, Marius (1982), "Biserici de lemn din Țara Maramureșului", Monumente istorice de artă religioasă din Arhiepiscopia Vadului, Feleacului și Clujului (in Romanian), Cluj-Napoca{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Porumb, Marius (2005). Biserici de lemn din Maramureș (in Romanian). Bucharest: Editura Academiei Române. ISBN 9789732712573. OCLC 263742545.

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