Chapter 02
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The Whitewash That Stayed
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Two hundred winters, one pattern
Why the white endures
The cross was never decoration
Lime over cracked larch sealed the timber first — protection that happened to be beautiful.
The comb-rows count the work
Rake-tooth bands were brushed by hand each spring — no two façades repeat the same rhythm.
The pinwheel turns toward the sun
Spinning motifs marked corners and gables — orientation read straight off the painted wall.
The lattice became a law in 1977
Named the world's first folk-architecture reserve — the unchanged ornament now protects itself.
Čičmany Reserve
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