Wooden church in Hervartov

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Region: Region Prešov
District: Bardejov
City / Municipality: Hervartov
Tourist location: Šariš
World Heritage: UNESCO Cultural Heritage
Category: UNESCO Cultural Heritage in Slovakia, Wooden churches in Slovakia
Wooden church in Hervartov
The Church in Hervartov is a wooden Roman Catholic (formerly Lutheran) Church from the end of the 15th century, located in the village Hervartov, district Bardejov, Prešov region (Prešovský kraj). Church is the oldest and best preserved wooden church in Slovakia. It was built in the Gothic style.

The interior of the church is decorated with panel paintings and wall paintings from years 1655 and 1805. In the church dominates the altar of St. Catherine, the Virgin Mary and St. Barbara, which was reconstructed in the second half of the 1990s. Among the other sights also belong the late gothic painting of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Christopher and St. Catherine Sienska.

Since 1968 the Church and the wall of the church are national cultural monument of Slovakia. The Church is entered in the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage since the 7th July, 2008.