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==Description== [[Image:Sârbi Susani.portal.1995.jpg|thumb|250px|The portal from [[Sârbi Susani church]] (1639)]] The historical Romanian region of Maramureș, partitioned between Romania and [[Zakarpattia Oblast|Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia]] after [[World War I]], is one of the places where traditional log building was not interrupted and where a rich heritage in wood survives. The tradition of building wooden churches in central and southern Maramureș can be traced from the beginning of the 16th century to the [[Turn of the century|turn of]]{{clarify|date=December 2018}} the 18th century. Since the knowledge used to build the local wooden churches circulated throughout [[Europe]], their understanding is of high interest far outside the region. In Maramureș today almost 100 wooden churches still stand, about one third of their total two [[Century|centuries]] ago. Besides the extant wooden churches, a major source of knowledge is still saved by a number of practicing senior carpenters with relevant knowledge and skills in traditional carpentry. From the Middle Ages until the turn of{{clarify|date=December 2018}} the 18th century the skills, knowledge and experience to build ample log structures with plane and well sealed walls, as well as with flush joints, were performances out of the ordinary. The craftsmen from Maramureș who were able to reach such levels were not simple peasants but well specialised church [[Carpentry|carpenters]] who inherited and maintained this advanced knowledge to exclusively build houses of worship. Since the local tradition to erect wooden churches depended on those who built and used them, it is fundamental to identify the local builders and founders. The earlier blurred distinction between them veiled their separate roles in shaping the wooden churches and hindered us from a clear understanding of the results. [[File:Bârsana Monastery in 2023 April.jpg|thumb|250px|{{ill|Bârsana Monastery|ro|Mănăstirea Bârsana}} Complex]] The extant wooden churches from Maramureș reveal the existence during the 17th and 18th centuries of at least two main family schools of church carpenters. There are further distinguishable three main itineraries and numerous smaller ones, indicating the work of some of the most important church carpenters ever active in the region and in some cases even shifts among generations. In general, the church carpenters stood for the technical performances, the high quality of the wood work and the artistic refinement. In a long perspective, the true creators of the local wooden churches were actually the commissioning founders. Especially the role of the noble founders of [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Christian rite]] was decisive in the formation of a regional character among the local wooden churches. The wooden churches from Maramureș closely mirror the local society of modest country landlords, manifesting themselves along several centuries in their double condition of Eastern Christians and Western nobles. The wooden churches from Maramureș open necessary connections with similar performances throughout Europe. Seemingly the local distinction made between sacred and profane rooms was characteristic for many other rural regions on the continent. The highest knowledge in log building seems to have had a sacred purpose with wide continental circulation and therefore in many places requires distinction from the more regionally rooted vernacular one.<ref name="Babos"/> The publication in a journal from 1866 of several drawings representing a wooden church from [[Seini]], situated in the neighbouring [[Szatmár County]], produced echoes in Europe, being compared with the already famous [[Stave church#Norway|Norwegian stave churches]].<ref name="Babos">{{cite thesis|first=Alexandru|last=Baboș|title=Tracing a Sacred Building Tradition. Wooden Churches, Carpenters and Founders in Maramureș until the Turn of the 18th Century|publisher=[[Lund University]]|year=2004|url=http://lup.lub.lu.se/record/21535}}</ref>{{rp|12}} With the resurgence of church construction after the [[Romanian Revolution|Romanian Revolution of 1989]], there are new churches built in the traditional style.
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