Location Poland, Ukraine Criteria iii, iv UNESCO World Heritage Site inscription 2013 | Type Cultural Reference 1424 | |
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UNESCO region Europe and North America |
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine are a group of wooden Orthodox (and some Eastern Catholic) churches 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
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Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA