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Tvrdošín half of the 15th century. It was rebuilt
Its origins date back to the second
in the Renaissance style in the 17th
century. The Baroque altar from the
end of the 17th century with the
The pride of Tvrdošín and its painting of All Saints dominates
oldest preserved building is the the interior of the church.
Gothic wooden Roman Catholic All Formerly, there was a low
Saints Church situated in the local Gothic altar. Only one
cemetery. In 2008, along with seven wing with the paintings
wooden churches of the Slovak part of St Peter and St John
of Carpathian Mountain Area, it was the Baptist was pre-
included on the UNESCO‘s Word served. The original
Heritage List. central part of the
altar, a painting
of the death of
Christ from the
15th century
was moved in 1919 to a museum in Budapest.
The interior of the church was finished in the
mid-17th century.
When viewing the church, the paintings
of the Apostles, the late Renaissance pulpit
with figures of the Evangelists from 1654,
and a painting of St George mounted on
a horse fighting a dragon (a distemper paint-
ing on wood from 1653) will especially draw
the attention of any visitor. The wonderful
dome paintings (a sky with stars, angels and
a panelled ceiling) complement the Gothic
mysticism of space.
Highly artistic and expert reconstruction and
restoration of the church was awarded a prize
by EUROPA NOSTRA in 1993, and the
church itself, as the National Cultural Monu-
ment, was included in the list of European
cultural heritage.