Wooden Church in Gornovița

Gornovița, Tismana, Gorj

The wooden church of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Gornovița, a village belonging to the town of Tismana, was built in 1764 by Archimandrite Partenie.

Between 1939 and 1945 it was rebuilt from the ground up and painted, and on March 11, 1945 it was reconsecrated by Metropolitan Nifon of Oltenia. It has beamed walls, a high shingle roof and a wooden porch. It is a historical monument.

Photo: Tomoniu N. Nicolae / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ro. Cropped to 650 × 400 px.