{"id":32490,"date":"2026-10-07T21:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/?post_type=kno_miesto&#038;p=32490"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:46:08","slug":"artikularny-dreveny-kostol-v-istebnom","status":"publish","type":"kno_miesto","link":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/miesto\/artikularny-dreveny-kostol-v-istebnom\/","title":{"rendered":"Articulated wooden church in Istebno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a hill above the village of Istebn\u00e9, once called Medov\u00e1 h\u00f3rka, stands a wooden Evangelical church, which is one of the five articular churches preserved in Slovakia. It was built at the end of the 17th century as a parish church for Istebn\u00e9 and twelve other surrounding villages, and according to tradition, the Swedish king also contributed to its construction. Today it is a national cultural monument.<\/p>\n<h2>What will you see?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>A wooden building with a Greek cross-shaped floor plan, which grew into its present form in the 18th century.<\/li>\n<li>Baroque altar with a painting of the Holy Trinity and a pulpit with statues of the evangelists.<\/li>\n<li>Painted interior decoration and a rare wooden chalice.<\/li>\n<li>A brick bell tower from 1731 and ancient linden trees around the premises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The tour lasts approximately 30 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>The church is located just a few kilometers from Doln\u00fd Kub\u00edn and the articular church in Le\u0161tiny - both monuments can be conveniently combined into one half-day trip.<\/li>\n<li>From the hill near the church there is a nice view of the Orava valley.<\/li>\n<li>This is a living temple, so please respect the services and the peace of the place when visiting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><small>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Istebne-Artikularkirche-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SchiDD<\/a> (CC BY-SA 4.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Istebne-Artikularkirche-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SchiDD<\/a> (CC BY-SA 4.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Istebne-Artikularkirche-05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SchiDD<\/a> (CC BY-SA 4.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Istebne-Artikularkirche-06.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SchiDD<\/a> (CC BY-SA 4.0), <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:SK-Istebne-Artikularkirche-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SchiDD<\/a> (CC BY-SA 4.0) \u2013 Wikimedia Commons<\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the five preserved articular churches in Slovakia \u2013 a wooden church on Medov\u00e1 h\u00f3rka above Istebn\u00fd with a Baroque altar and a brick bell tower.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":32485,"menu_order":0,"template":"","kno_vidiet_typ":[114],"kno_vidiet_obec":[140],"kno_vidiet_vlast":[124],"class_list":["post-32490","kno_miesto","type-kno_miesto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","kno_vidiet_typ-drevene-kostoliky","kno_vidiet_obec-istebne","kno_vidiet_vlast-aj-pri-zlom-pocasi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_miesto\/32490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_miesto"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kno_miesto"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_miesto\/32490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32491,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_miesto\/32490\/revisions\/32491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kno_vidiet_typ","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_vidiet_typ?post=32490"},{"taxonomy":"kno_vidiet_obec","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_vidiet_obec?post=32490"},{"taxonomy":"kno_vidiet_vlast","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kamnaorave.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kno_vidiet_vlast?post=32490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}