Bodružal

Bodružal (1927–1973: Bodružaľ; Rusyn: Бодруджал; Hungarian: Rózsadomb, until 1899: Bodruzsal) is a municipality (village) in Slovakia in the Svidník District in Prešov Region, within the Laborec Highlands.

[5][6][7][8][9] [10][11][12][excessive citations] The village, first mentioned in writing in 1600, is best known for housing a baroque wooden church being a national cultural monument in Slovakia.

The church is part of a unique urban entity situated on an elevated place in the village centre.

The tent roof above the presbytery and the nave is finished with a short square structure, to which conical bodies are attached to.

To them baroque onion-like little roofs are fixed, finished with small shingle conical heads set with wrought iron crosses.

The historic Church of St. Nicholas in Bodružal. The church has been reconstructed with the assistance of the U.S. Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, and was blessed on September 18, 2003 by Bishop Ján Babjak of Prešov.