{"id":622,"date":"2026-07-02T10:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/?post_type=poi&#038;p=622"},"modified":"2026-07-13T13:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:48:18","slug":"dreveny-rimskokatolicky-kostol-sv-frantiska-z-assisi","status":"publish","type":"poi","link":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/poi\/dreveny-rimskokatolicky-kostol-sv-frantiska-z-assisi\/","title":{"rendered":"The wooden Roman Catholic Church of St Francis of Assisi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the top <strong>the municipality of Hervartov<\/strong>, on a gentle slope, nestled amongst tall lime trees and surrounded by a stone \u201ewall\u201c clad in shingles, stands <strong>Church of St Francis of Assisi<\/strong>. Among the small wooden churches of eastern Slovakia, <strong>UNESCO World Heritage List<\/strong> It is the only Roman Catholic wooden church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Gothic Church of St Francis of Assisi, built around 1500, is one of <strong>the oldest wooden churches <\/strong>of this type in Slovakia. The Gothic murals inside the church are artistically and aesthetically striking, depicting scenes such as Adam and Eve in Paradise and St George\u2019s battle with the dragon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The interior features an altar dedicated to the Virgin Mary, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Barbara (1460\u20131470). Of particular interest are the murals depicting St John the Baptist and St Paul the Apostle. Among the paintings are *The Last Supper* (1653) and a panel painting of St Francis of Assisi, St Christopher and St Catherine of Siena (1460\u20131470). This wooden church is one of the most precious sacred buildings in Slovakia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: unesconadosah.sk<br>Photo source:OOCR R\u0160<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":621,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"kategoria-poi":[23,41,46,47],"lokalita":[24],"sezona-poi":[30],"class_list":["post-622","poi","type-poi","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kategoria-poi-nabozensky-turizmusdrevene-chramy","kategoria-poi-historia","kategoria-poi-nabozensky-turizmus","kategoria-poi-putnicke-miesto","lokalita-bardejov-a-okolie","sezona-poi-celorocne"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi\/622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poi"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/poi"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kategoria-poi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kategoria-poi?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"lokalita","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lokalita?post=622"},{"taxonomy":"sezona-poi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pohoriecergov.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sezona-poi?post=622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}