Kostol Najsvätejšej Trojice (Kežmarok)

The Church of the Holy Trinity, also known as the Wooden Articular Church of Kežmarok, is among the town's oldest and most valuable monuments. It has been a national cultural monument since 1985, and in 2008 it was inscribed on the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage list – placing it among the finest examples of wooden sacred architecture that Slovakia has to offer.

The church was built in the suburbs, outside the town walls. Its floor plan forms an isosceles Greek cross, and the structure is a masterpiece of carpentry: the beams are made of red spruce, and no metal was used in its construction – wooden pegs were used exclusively instead of metal nails. The only stone part of the church is the sacristy.

The interior and history of the building reveal a turbulent past. Surviving from the original church are a late-Renaissance baptismal font from 1690 and stone epitaphs from 1688. The church underwent its last major restoration between 1991 and 1996, when, among other things, the original wooden foundations were replaced with brick ones to preserve this precious building for future generations.

The Wooden Articular Church is one of the main reasons to visit Kežmarok. A visit can be combined with the nearby Kežmarok Castle and a walk through the town's historic centre. Accommodation in Kežmarok or the surrounding area beneath the Tatras makes an ideal base, letting you pair a visit to a World Heritage site with trips into the nearby Tatra valleys.