Cornești, Wooden church

GPS Coordinates:
47.81687 N, 23.96970 E

The wooden church in Cornești was built in 1615 instead of another older church, being one of the oldest wooden structures. The plan of the construction is rectangular, from the floor of shingle roof rises the tower with a curb and rectangular helmet and flared at the base.

Helmet resting on 12 pillars with arches linked together. On top of the helmet shown a cross with three arms, a sign of importanțet village. Inside the narthex ceiling horizontally preserved painted scenes. So the walls of the nave, where biblical scenes are separated by floral belts.

The shrine is older than the rest of the church, it seems to have been brought from another church on Iza Valley. The interior painting executed on canvas glued to the wall was made at the beginning of the 19th century, by the painter Toader Hodor from Middle Viseu.

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