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Lithuanian Wooden Church Architecture
Extracts from a monograph by Dr Alge Jankeviciene on the hundreds of wooden churches, chapels and belfries in Lithuania, illustrated with expandable thumbnail photographs.
http://www.omnitel.net/lmsa/index-en.html
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Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort, South Carolina
ICW-NET provides a photograph of this tall-steepled wooden church, built in 1811 in an interesting blend of styles.
http://www.beaufort-sc.com/history/tabernbp.htm
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The Wooden Churches of Marmures, Romania
An illustrated history from Discover Romania of these churches built in the 17th and 18th centuries without iron nails, yet reaching impressive heights.
http://students.missouri.edu/~romsa/destinations/html/wooden_churches.html
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Petäjävesi Old Church
Frank Hellstén describes this World Heritage example of 18th-century Finnish wood architecture for Virtual Finland. Includes's Kari Palsila's 360-degree panorama photographs.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/petajav.html
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Historic Church Gets Grant for Renovation
Savannah Morning News reports that Nicholsonboro Baptist Church, the oldest rural black church in Chatham County, Georgia (US), was awarded a restoration grant.
http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/072798/ACCchurchrenovation.html
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The Wooden Churches of Eastern Europe: An Introductory Survey
An illustrated review by Andrew Gregorovich of this book by David Buxton.
http://www.infoukes.com/culture/architecture/wooden_churches/
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Wooden Architecture of the Ukrainian Carpathians
Illustrated outline of this book edited by John Hvozda and published in 1978, which covers church and domestic architecture.
http://www.lemko.org/lih/wauc.html
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Odin: The Stave Churches of Norway
Håkon Christie describes these remarkable constructions, richly decorated with carvings.
http://odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990473/index-dok000-b-f-a.html
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Stave Church: Medieval Wooden Churches in Norway
Jorgen Holten Jensenius presents his research papers on various aspects of stave churches. Summaries of all articles and full text of some, with bibliography and map of locations.
http://www.stavechurch.org/
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The Old Church at Petäjävesi
The official town site provides an illustrated history of this timber church built in 1763-1764 and now given World Heritage status. Includes a plan.
http://www.petajavesi.fi/kirkko/
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