The wooden churches construction has a rich tradition in Romania, the technique spreading from North – Maramures, to South, especially in hill and mountain areas. The church from Ursi village, Oltenia County, represents a particular case, the church being abandoned since 1913. The lack of a roof for a long time resulted in severe deterioration of the whole structure. Yet the inner and outer wall painting retains, in many areas, both the colors freshness and the adherence to the wood wall, owing to a particular working technique. The resistance structure was strongly affected by weather conditions and especially by xylophages or micro- and macromycetes attack. The paper presents a recovery project of this architectural jewelry, regarding both the wooden construction and the painted decoration.

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