Slovakia’s ice church draws visitors closer to heavens

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A tourist visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A tourist visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A nun visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A tourist visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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Tourists sledge in front of Tatra Ice Temples at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A picture taken of February 27, 2019 shows an interior of the Tatra Ice Temple in Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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Tourists sledge in front of Tatra Ice Temples at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A tourist visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A tourist visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

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A tourist visits a Tatra Ice Temple at Hrebienok, High Tatras mountains resort in eastern Slovakia on February 27, 2019. A young nun takes a deep breath as she peers up at a statue of an angel bathed in softly coloured light streaming through a temple and, as she exhales, a puff of vapour appears from her lips. Instead of bricks and mortar or wood, this chilly house of worship perched between the snowy peaks of Slovakia's High Tatra mountains has been deftly built using only massive transparent blocks of ice. - TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Laszlo JUHASZ

Slovakia’s ice church draws visitors closer to heavens