Small Bell Tower Pustevny, Small bell tower in Pustevny, Czech Republic.
The Small Bell Tower Pustevny is a timber bell tower with a log-built body, standing in the mountain saddle of Pustevny in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids, on the cadastral land of Trojanovice. It is one of the Art Nouveau structures designed by Slovak architect Dušan Jurkovič and built in the early 20th century. Its painted decoration was restored in 1997 by František Procházka and Ivan Popov.
The wooden bell tower was built in the early 20th century to a design by the Slovak architect Dušan Jurkovič, one of several Art Nouveau structures he created at the Pustevny saddle in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. Its original painted decoration did not survive; it was restored in 1997 by František Procházka and Ivan Popov following Jurkovič's plans kept in the Slovak State Archives in Bratislava. The tower is managed by the Wallachian Open Air Museum.
The bell tower is a timbered structure designed by Dušan Jurkovič in the early 20th century, part of his series of Art Nouveau buildings at the Pustevny saddle. It is managed by the Wallachian Open Air Museum in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, which cares for the site as an example of regional mountain building.
The bell tower stands in the Pustevny saddle, on the cadastral territory of Trojanovice in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. A network of marked hiking trails and cycle routes passes around it, so it can be reached on foot or by bike from the surrounding ridges. The Valašské muzeum v přírodě manages the structure.
The 1997 renovation relied on original architectural plans from archives in Bratislava to restore the structure to its original design. This reveals a cross-border effort to preserve this regional building.
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