Kościół Pokoju - Church of Peace
Holy Trinity Evangelical Church. Kościół Pokoju - Church of Peace in Świdnica. Built of wood so it could be taken down quickly if the authorities so warranted. Constructed 1656-1657.
"The Churches of Peace located in the towns of Jawor and Świdnica in the Silesia region of south-western Poland are the largest timber-framed Baroque ecclesiastical buildings in Europe. They were built in the mid-17th century to a scale and complexity unknown in European wooden architecture before or since, following the provisions of the Peace of Westphalia, which concluded the Thirty Years’ War in 1648".
Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica UNESCO World Heritage site. Inscribed in 2001.
"The Prot. Friedens-Kirche was completed in 1658".--Baedeker 1910.
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