CHURCHES CAN BE TRICKY TO GET TO

 



A floating church. – mostly used as a wedding chapel

The interior

At some point it was turned into a floating home & put on the market as a waterfront condo for $700,000.  It was finally sold for $250,000. to a woman who turned it into a floating library.

A small wedding chapel

Meaning all denominations welcome?

Wish I could read the sign?

Church boat in Rattvik, Sweden.

A floating church on what appears to be a fjord.

Church on an island

The Church of the Mother of God on Bled Island in Lake Bled, Slovenia.

Church on the beach.

What a reflection!

One of eight waterfront churches in Venice.

The Holy Rosary Church of Shettihallie in Karnataka, partially submerged in the Hemavati River, is known for its dramatic rise & fall with the monsoon making it a striking & mysterious sight.

      In 1985, the Venezuelan government deliberately flooded the small village of Potosí to construct a hydroelectric dam.  Approximately 1,200 residents were evacuated from their homes, leaving behind the colonial town square, houses, and the Gothic church called the San Isidro Labrador Church.

       

·       For over 20 years, only the 85-foot church steeple and its top cross remained visible above the water, acting as a grim marker for the lost village.

       

·       Due to severe droughts linked to El Niño, water levels in the reservoir receded significantly, exposing the entire church facade, grave markers, and town ruins in 2010.

       

       While the stone facade and towering steeple stand remarkably preserved, the body of the church is completely gutted and hollowed out from the sides due to decades of water damage and erosion.

 Today, the church is partially submerged once again, but reappears, in part, as water levels of the Uribante Reservoir rise & fall.


The Gothic Church of Potosi, Venezuela as it looked when drought years caused the reservoir waters to dramatically recede.


This church, and the next one – including its graveyard – are totally submerged.

I couldn’t find out where either of them are located, however.

:->

 La Nightingail

Comments

  1. Barbara RogersSeptember 18, 2026 at 10:17 AM

    Great take on the theme this week. Floating churches had never entered my mind! IN NC when a reservoir flooded a village including the church, the graves were all moved to a new location high on a hill. I can't imagine leaving them underwater!

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  2. Monica T.September 20, 2026 at 9:54 AM

    Now that's an unusual and really amazing collection of images on the theme!!

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  3. Mike BrubakerSeptember 20, 2026 at 3:30 PM

    Very clever! Even though I've lived on the coast and by a few rivers I don't think I've ever encountered a floating church before. I suppose they must limit the number of parishioners in the congregation.

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