St Nicholas's Church

Head to the church with its famous wooden ceiling and take a stroll through the scenic village.

Located on Kuren, on the way to Ulovka, is the Gothic church of St Nicholas, formerly the patron saint of the boatmen of Vrhnika. It was built in the 16th century. The south wall of the church features the remains of a medieval fresco of St Christopher and a small window with a pointed arch. The north wall and the nave side of the wall surrounding the apse are also adorned with frescoes. All date back to the mid-16th century and depict scenes from the Passion, Resurrection and Nativity of Christ.

The most famous feature is the wooden ceiling, which rests on two wooden columns and is divided into 96 squares and 24 longitudinal fields painted with animal, plant and geometric motifs, which are complemented by frescoes. The church has three gilded wooden altars. In whole it is an example of a Slovenian rural church in its original, unchanged form. As a valuable document of Slovenian religious art, the church was declared a cultural monument in 1988.