The Log Church in Darosava was built in 1833 and is dedicated to the Apostles Peter and Paul. It has the shape of an elongated nave with a polygonal altar apse and a porch on the western side. The roof is covered with shingles. The entire length of the church is vaulted with a shallow barrel vault made from profiled and grooved wooden beams. It belongs to the type of larger wooden buildings of this kind.
What particularly distinguishes this building is the richness of the ornamental details on the doors, windows, ceiling, and columns on the porch.
THE LOG CHURCH IN DAROSAVA
The Log Church in Darosava was declared an immovable cultural heritage – a cultural monument, by the Decision of the Institute for the Scientific Study of Cultural Monuments of Belgrade, No. 922/51, dated August 15, 1951.
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Radić, Borivoje, and Predrag Pajkić. Znamenitosti Šumadije. Zavod za zaštitu spomenika kulture & Jefimija, Kragujevac, 2007, pp. 148–150.
Pavlović, Dobroslav St. Arheološki spomenici i nalazišta u Srbiji, II: Centralna Srbija. Beograd, 1956, pp. 228–229. (Đurđe Bošković)
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