LE CHIESE IN LEGNO DELLA LITUANIA - WOODEN CHURCHES OF LITHUANIA

Abstract

Lithuania have a great variety of wooden architec- tures, among which the churches emerge for their quality and construction characters, prevailing the use of local materials. The strong link between architecture and the uncontaminated nature of places defines the identity of architectures, so that they sometimes appear almost like a large wooden sculpture, carved in a unique piece. The meticulous knowledge of the buildings has created an atlas of construction techniques, proposing itself as a tool for the conservation and preservation of refined building heritage; the atlas is divided according to themes as wood species, processing methods, construc- tion phases, mutual relationship between the various technical units.