Kizhi Pogost, Rússia

"Kizhi Pogost é Património Mundial da UNESCO, localizado na região de Carélia, na Rússia. Os edifícios visionários - duas igrejas em madeira do século XVIII e uma torre do relógio octogonal, também de madeira, construída em 1862. Perpetuam um antigo espaço paroquial encontrando-se em harmonia com a paisagem circundante." *

"The architectural ensemble of the Kizhi Pogost is located on a narrow spit in the southern part of Kizhi Island, a small island of the Kizhi Archipelago in Lake Onega. The architectural ensemble includes two 18th-century wooden churches: the Church of the Transfiguration and the Church of the Intercession and an octagonal wooden bell tower built in 1862 and considerably reconstructed in 1874.

The churches on Kizhi Island were mentioned for the first time in chronicles of the 16th century. They burned down after being struck by lightning in 1693 and the currently existing churches were built on the very site of the former ones." **

Fonte:
* https://www.natgeo.pt/fotografia-do-dia/2019/novembro?image=nl-history-

** https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/544/

FOTOGRAFIA DE PAOLO VERZONE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC