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Happy Halloween from Spooktacular Iceland
Black church at Búðir - Snæfellsnes Peninsula.The Buðir black church is one of 3 black churches in Iceland. The small church is black because the exterior wood is painted with pitch, just like the hull of a boat. This is to protect the church from the harsh Icelandic elements.
This works fairly well and buildings treated in this way have survived over 100 years which is a long time for a building to stand in Iceland.
Happy Halloween from Spooktacular Iceland
Black church at Búðir - Snæfellsnes Peninsula.The Buðir black church is one of 3 black churches in Iceland. The small church is black because the exterior wood is painted with pitch, just like the hull of a boat. This is to protect the church from the harsh Icelandic elements.
This works fairly well and buildings treated in this way have survived over 100 years which is a long time for a building to stand in Iceland.