Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine

Wooden *Tserkvas* of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
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)

The Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (

tserkvy) 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
St. Dmytro's Church, 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

References

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

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

[1]

v t e World Heritage Sites in Poland
Cultural	Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940–1945) Castle of the Teutonic Order in Malbork Centennial Hall, Wrocław Churches of Peace in Jawor and Świdnica Historic Centre of Warsaw Kalwaria Zebrzydowska : the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park Krakow's Historic Centre Krzemionki Prehistoric Striped Flint Mining Region Medieval Town of Toruń Muskauer Park / Park Mużakowski¹ Old City of Zamość Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine²
Natural	Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe³ Bieszczady National Park Białowieża Forest / Belovezhskaya Pushcha⁴
¹ shared with Germany ² shared with Ukraine ³ shared with 17 other countries ⁴ shared with Belarus

v t e World Heritage Sites in Ukraine
Cultural	Kyiv (Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kyiv Pechersk Lavra) Lviv - Ensemble of the Historic Centre Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans Struve Geodetic Arc¹ Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region ² Historic Centre of Odesa	Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine
Natural	Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe³	Lesser Coat of Arms of Ukraine
¹ with Estonia, Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Moldova, Russia, and Sweden ² with Poland ³ with Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Switzerland

Inscribed Tserkvas

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