The Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Ladomirova is a wooden Greek Catholic parish church from 1742. It was built without the use of a single nail.
Church of Saint Michael the Archangel (Slovak Chrám svätého Michael Archanjel) - wooden Greek Catholic parish church from 1742.
It belongs to the Svidník deanery in the Prešov archieparchy of the Catholic Church of the Byzantine-Slovak rite.
The Lemko church of the north-west type, since 1968 it has the status of the National Cultural Monument.
The church was built without the use of a single nail. There is a separate belfry with a pillar structure next to the temple.
The artistically valuable iconostasis and the altar come from the mid-18th century. It is a five-row wooden architectural structure filled with icons (with images of saints), some of which were destroyed during World War II
The church complex in Ladomirova is open to the public. Its part is also a cemetery surrounded by a log fence. Next to the temple, there is a wooden bell tower with a pillar structure covered with a pyramidal shingle roof. Originally there were four bells here, one of which comes from 1742. Currently, there are only three bells.
In 2008, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other wooden churches in the Slovak Carpathians.
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