Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine

Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kwiatoń, Lemko Greek Catholic church
Interactive map of Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
Location	Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
Includes	16 wooden churches, eight in each country
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	1424
Inscription	2013 (37th Session)
Area	7.03 ha (17.4 acres)
Buffer zone	92.73 ha (229.1 acres)
370km 230miles

The Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine (Polish: Drewniane cerkwie regionu karpackiego w Polsce i na Ukrainie; Ukrainian: Дерев'яні церкви карпатського регіону Польщі та України, romanized: derev'yani tserkvy karpatsʹkoho rehionu Polʹshchi i Ukrayiny) are a group of wooden mainly Greek Catholic churches (in Ukrainian, церкви tserkvy, in Polish cerkwie) located in Poland and Ukraine which were inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO World Heritage List which explains:

built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The tserkvas bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic design interwoven with elements of local tradition, and symbolic references to their communities’ cosmogony. — World Heritage Centre^[1]

Inscribed tserkvas

Poland: Tserkva of St. Michael the Archangel, Brunary, Lesser Poland Tserkva of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chotyniec Tserkva of St. Paraskevia, Kwiatoń Virgin Mary's Care Tserkva, Owczary St. James the Less Tserkva, Powroźnik Tserkva of St. Paraskevia, Radruż St. Michael the Archangel Tserkva, Smolnik St. Michael the Archangel Tserkva, Turzańsk, Sanok County

Ukraine: Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Potelych Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva St. George's Church, Drohobych Church of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Matkiv Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Rohatyn Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nyzhnii Verbizh St. Archangel Michael Church, Uzhok Ascension of Our Lord Church, Yasinia

Location map

Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine

50km
31miles

Matkiv

Yasinia

Uzhok

Nyzhnii Verbizh

Rohatyn

Drohobych

Zhovkva

Potelych

Turzańsk

Smolnik

Radruż

Powroźnik

Owczary

Kwiatoń

Chotyniec

Brunary

   

See also

• Lemko Region
• Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians
• Carpathian wooden churches
• Eastern Orthodox church architecture

References

1. Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2014. United Nations.