Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpatian Region in Poland and Ukraine - Zabytek.pl
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpatian Region in Poland and Ukraine
Address
Brunary, 45
Location
woj. małopolskie, pow. gorlicki, gm. Uście Gorlickie
The property was inscribed on the List by World Heritage Committee in 2013.
Brief synthesis
Located at the eastern fringes of Central Europe within the Polish and Ukrainian Carpathian mountain range, the sixteen wooden tserkvas (churches) are outstanding examples of the once widespread Orthodox ecclesiastical timber-building tradition in the Slavic countries that survives to this day. The architectural forms of the tserkvas with tri-partite plans, pyramidal domes, cupolas and bell towers conform to the requirements of Eastern liturgy while reflecting the cultural traditions of the local communities that developed separately due to the mountainous terrain. They include Hutsul types in the Ukrainian south-eastern Carpathians at Nyzhniy Verbizh and Yasynia; Halych types in the northern Carpathians either side of the Polish/Ukrainian border at Rohatyn, Drohobych, Zhovkva, Potelych, Radruż and Chotyniec; Boyko types either side of the Polish/Ukrainian border near the border with Slovakia at Smolnik, Uzhok and Matkiv, and western Lemko types in the Polish west Carpathians at Powroźnik, Brunary Wyźne, Owczary, Kwiatoń and Turzańsk. Built using the horizontal log technique with complex corner jointing, and exhibiting exceptional carpentry skills and structural solutions, the tserkvas were raised on wooden sills placed on stone foundations, with wooden shingles covering roofs and walls. The tserkvas with their associated graveyards and sometimes free-standing bell towers are bounded by perimeter walls or fences and gates, surrounded by trees.
Criterion (iii): The tserkvas bear exceptional testimony to a distinct ecclesiastical building tradition, which is grounded in the mainstream traditions of the Orthodox Church interwoven with local architectural language. The structures, designs and decorative schemes are characteristic for the cultural traditions of the resident communities in the Carpathian region and illustrate a multiplicity of symbolic references and sacred meanings related to the traditions.
Criterion (iv): The tserkvas are an outstanding example of a group of buildings in traditional log construction type which represents an important historical stage of architectural design in the Carpathian Region. Based on building traditions for Orthodox ecclesiastical purposes which were adapted in accordance with the local cultural traditions, the tserkvas, as they evolved from the 16th to the 19th centuries, reflect the sacred references of the resident communities.
Components of serial property:
- the tserkva of St Michael the Archangel in Brunary Wyżne (Poland)
- the tserkva of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Chotyniec (Poland)
- the tserkva of St Paraskeva in Kwiatoń (Poland)
- the tserkva of the Protection of the Mother of God in Owczary (Poland)
- the tserkva of James, son of Alphaeus in Powroźnik (Poland)
- the tserkva of St Paraskeva in Radruż (Poland)
- the tserkva of St Michael the Archangel in Smolnik (Poland)
- the tserkva of St Michael the Archangel in Turzańsk (Poland)
- the tserkva of St George in Drohobych (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of the Ascension of Christ in Yasynia (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of St Dmytro in Matkiv (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Potelych (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of the Nativity of the Mother of God in Nyzhnii Verbizh (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of St Michael the Archangel in Uzhok (Ukraine)
- the tserkva of The Holy Trinity in Zhovkva (Ukraine)
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map, UNESCO World Heritage Site "Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine"(C1424) (Poland,Ukraine), NID
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of St Paraskeva in Kwiatoń, general view, condition as of 2014, photo: Dąbrówka Lipska (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of St Paraskeva in Kwiatoń, condition as of 2014, photo: Dąbrówka Lipska (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of St Paraskeva in Kwiatoń, interior decorations, the sanctuary, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland)
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of St Paraskeva in Kwiatoń, interior decorations, painted cupola ceiling, condition as of 2014, photo: Dąbrówka Lipska (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Protection of the Mother of God in Owczary, general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Protection of the Mother of God in Owczary, interior decorations, the sanctuary, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Protection of the Mother of God in Owczary, interior decorations, the side altar, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Protection of the Mother of God in Owczary, interior decorations, iconostasis, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of James, son of Alphaeus in Powroźnik, interior decorations, icon, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of James, son of Alphaeus in Powroźnik, interior decorations, wall paintings in the sacristy, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Paraskeva in Radruż, general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Paraskeva in Radruż, general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland)
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Paraskeva in Radruż, cloisters traditionally known as the soboty, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Paraskeva in Radruż, interior decorations, museum exhibition, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Michael the Archangel in Turzańsk, general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Michael the Archangel in Turzańsk, interior decorations, the sanctuary, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of St George in Drohobych (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2009, photo: the Historic and Architectural Reserve in Zhovkva (Ukraine).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Ascension of Christ in Yasynia (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of St Dmytro in Matkiv (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2010, photo: the Historic and Architectural Reserve in Zhovkva (Ukraine).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Potelych (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit in Rohatyn (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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. Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Michael the Archangel in Uzhok, general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Nativity of the Mother of God in Nyzhnii Verbizh (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of The Holy Trinity in Zhovkva (Ukraine), general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, the tserkva of Michael the Archangel in Brunary, general view, condition as of 2013, photo: Anna Marconi-Betka (National Heritage Board of Poland).
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, a west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, a south side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, a north side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, the dome above the sanctuary, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, the altar and the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, the tabernacle in the sanctuary , condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, the view from the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, a fragment of a polychrome wall, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Brunary Wyżne, St. Michael's Orthodox church, the top of the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a south side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, the belfry, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, soboty (a type of an arcade typical for wooden church architecture) on the southern side, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, an arcade on the southern side, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a south-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a view from the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, the painting on the right-hand wall of the nave, depicting the Last Judgement, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a detail of the Last Judgement painting on the church wall, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, an entrance on the left-hand side of the nave, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a detail of the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Chotyniec, The Nativity of the Holy Mother of God's Orthodox church, a view towards the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a north side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, domes, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a south-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a view towards the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the porch, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Kwiatoń, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the altar and a fragment of a polichrome wall set in it, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, a north-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, a south-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, the nave and the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, a fragment of the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, the sanctuary, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, a side altar with an icon of the Holy Virgin , condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Owczary, Mother of God Protection's Orthodox church, a detail of a side altar, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, a west side view, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, a south side view, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, a north-west side view, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, the iconostasis and the tabernacle, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, the icon of the Last Judgement on the right-hand side of the sanctuary, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, polichrome walls at the sacristy, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, the sacristy, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, a detail of the polichrome walls at the sacristy, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, the nave and the choir, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Powroźnik, St. James's Orthodox church, the nave and the sanctuary, condition in 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a south side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the view form the belfry towards the east, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a south-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the dome above the nave, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a fragment of the construction of the belfry, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, the sanctuary, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a fragment of the polichrome wall above the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a view from the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Radruż, St. Paraskeva's Orthodox church, a detail of a side altar, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a south side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a north side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a north side view from the road to the town of Ustrzyki, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a view towards the sanctuary, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a view towards the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, the sanctuary, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, a view from the choir, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Smolnik, St. Michael the Archangel's Orthodox church, the main altar, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, a south-east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, a south-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, the belfry, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, domes, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, an east side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, a north-west side view, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, the nave, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, a fragment of the iconostasis, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
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Turzańsk, St. Michael Archangel's Orthodox church, the nave, condition as of 2016, photo by Piotr Ostrowski
Category: cultural
Building material:
drewniane
Protection: UNESCO World Heritage
Inspire id: PL.1.9.ZIPOZ.NID_N_12_UN.1104
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