Biserica Răpciuni
wooden church
Moldavia, Neamţ county
Răpciuni, Romania
Built in 1773, this wooden church from northeastern Romania is one of the oldest structures brought to the Village Museum in Bucharest. A deeply shadowed entrance porch (pridvor) with bell tower project from the body of the church, a rectangle with polygonal ends below a steeply pitched, pine-shingled roof. The church is constructed of thick horizontal wood planks set on edge and interlocked at the corners.
(photo 2000)
