Tserkva

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Interior of Tserkva of Saint George in Drohobych
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)

The Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine^[a] are a group of wooden Eastern Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches (Polish: cerkwie; Ukrainian: церкви, 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]

Sites

List of the sites

Name	Picture	Location	UNESCO ID Property area	Coordinates	Description
Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archangel		Brunary, Poland	1424-001 0.32 ha (0.79 acres)	49°32′2″N 21°1′56″E / 49.53389°N 21.03222°E / 49.53389; 21.03222
Tserkva of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary		Chotyniec, Poland	1424-002 0.67 ha (1.7 acres)	49°57′10.7″N 23°0′10″E / 49.952972°N 23.00278°E / 49.952972; 23.00278
Tserkva of Saint George		Drohobych, Ukraine	1424-003 0.18 ha (0.44 acres)	49°20′51.85″N 23°29′58″E / 49.3477361°N 23.49944°E / 49.3477361; 23.49944
Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva		Kwiatoń, Poland	1424-004 0.26 ha (0.64 acres)	49°30′4.8″N 21°10′21.66″E / 49.501333°N 21.1726833°E / 49.501333; 21.1726833
Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary		Matkiv, Ukraine	1424-005 0.16 ha (0.40 acres)	48°54′55.7″N 23°6′32″E / 48.915472°N 23.10889°E / 48.915472; 23.10889
Tserkva of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary		Nyzhnii Verbizh, Ukraine	1424-006 2.22 ha (5.5 acres)	48°29′55.16″N 25°0′41.29″E / 48.4986556°N 25.0114694°E / 48.4986556; 25.0114694
Tserkva of Our Lady's Protection		Owczary, Poland	1424-007 0.38 ha (0.94 acres)	49°35′19″N 21°11′28″E / 49.58861°N 21.19111°E / 49.58861; 21.19111
Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit		Potelych, Ukraine	1424-008 0.19 ha (0.47 acres)	50°12′31″N 23°33′3″E / 50.20861°N 23.55083°E / 50.20861; 23.55083
Tserkva of Saint James the Less, the Apostle		Powroźnik, Poland	1424-009 0.71 ha (1.8 acres)	49°22′11″N 20°57′1.51″E / 49.36972°N 20.9504194°E / 49.36972; 20.9504194
Tserkva of Saint Paraskeva		Radruż, Poland	1424-010 0.3 ha (0.74 acres)	50°10′35.05″N 23°24′3.84″E / 50.1764028°N 23.4010667°E / 50.1764028; 23.4010667
Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit		Rohatyn, Ukraine	1424-011 0.49 ha (1.2 acres)	49°24′37″N 24°36′10.49″E / 49.41028°N 24.6029139°E / 49.41028; 24.6029139
Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archangel		Smolnik, Poland	1424-012 0.35 ha (0.86 acres)	49°12′34.7″N 22°41′16″E / 49.209639°N 22.68778°E / 49.209639; 22.68778
Tserkva of Saint Michael the Archangel		Turzańsk, Poland	1424-013 0.3 ha (0.74 acres)	49°22′9.1″N 22°7′44.2″E / 49.369194°N 22.128944°E / 49.369194; 22.128944
Tserkva of the Synaxis of the Archangel Michael		Uzhok, Ukraine	1424-014 0.12 ha (0.30 acres)	48°59′2.44″N 22°51′16.52″E / 48.9840111°N 22.8545889°E / 48.9840111; 22.8545889
Tserkva of Our Lord's Ascension		Yasinia, Ukraine	1424-015 0.13 ha (0.32 acres)	48°15′18.5″N 24°20′40.5″E / 48.255139°N 24.344583°E / 48.255139; 24.344583
Tserkva of the Holy Trinity		Zhovkva, Ukraine	1424-016 0.25 ha (0.62 acres)	50°3′19.22″N 23°58′55.97″E / 50.0553389°N 23.9822139°E / 50.0553389; 23.9822139

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

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