... Lovely view of church nr 2 of this UNESCO site... another architectural gem... one of two that still remains from the three that the Treaty of Westphalia allowed Protestants to build... they are the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe and a symbol of religious tolerance from the 17thC... built entirely without stone and yet on the inside it's as big as a medieval opera house... Jawor's baroque interior with four rows of galleries with balustrades richly ornamented with Biblical scenes and blue and white decorations are quite unique... the churches were very much neglected during the communist regime... today, they are beautifully restored by the joint efforts of Germans and Poles... Thanks Rafal!【ツ】
The church of Jawor is located in southwestern Poland, in the Lower Silesian region in the town of Jawor and was built betweeen 1654 and 1655 according to a design by the Wroclaw architect Albrecht von Saebisch.
The name "Churches of Peace" refers to the end of the Peace of Westphalia in the year 1648, which marks a century long war between Catholics and Lutherans. The churches were built after the Peace of Westphalia, when the Lutheran Protestants were allowed by German emperor to built their churches.
In 2001, the two similar churches in the towns called
Swidnica and Jaworboth were listed as a UNESCO WHS site.
Stamps:
2X Treasures of the Earth
(Issued 02-12-2021)
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