The Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine is a world heritage site made up of 16 wooden churches in these countries.
Understand
These churches ("tserkvas", from the Ukrainian singular word for church Церква, "tserkva" ) are examples of traditional local log architecture and Orthodox ecclesiastic design. Built during the 16th-19th centuries, most of them are still in use as Orthodox or Eastern Catholic churches, though Radruż, Rohatyn and Drohobych have been turned into museums.
Sites
Poland
- Brunary Wyżne-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archangel, 49.533889°, 21.032222°. 2017-12-28
- Chotyniec-Tserkva of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 49.952972°, 23.002778°. 2017-12-28
- Kwiatoń-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva, 49.501333°, 21.172683°. 2017-12-28
- Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection, 49.588611°, 21.191111°. 2017-12-28
- Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less, the Apostle, 49.369722°, 20.950419°. 2017-12-28
- Radruż-Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva, 50.176403°, 23.401067°. 2017-12-28
- Smolnik-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archangel, 49.209639°, 22.687778°. 2017-12-28
- Turzańsk-Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archangel, 49.369194°, 22.128944°. 2017-12-28
Ukraine
- Drohobych-Tserkva of Saint George, 49.347736°, 23.499667°. 2017-12-28
- Matkiv-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 48.915472°, 23.108889°. 2017-12-28
- Nyzhniy Verbizh-Tserkva of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 48.498656°, 25.011469°. 2017-12-28
- Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, 50.208611°, 23.550833°. 2017-12-28
- Rohatyn-Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, 49.410278°, 24.602914°. 2017-12-28
- Uzhok-Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael, 48.983761°, 22.854336°. 2017-12-28
- Yasynia-Tserkva of Our Lord’s Ascension, 48.275000°, 24.353056°. 2017-12-28
- Zhovkva-Tserkva of the Holy Trinity, 50.055339°, 23.982214°. 2017-12-28
See also