Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland
Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland and Subcarpathia of the UNESCO inscription are located in Gorlice, Nowy Targ, Bochnia counties (Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Małopolskie), and Brzozów County (Subcarpathian Voivodeship) and are in Binarowa, Blizne, Dębno, Haczów, Lipnica Dolna, and Sękowa. There are in fact many others of the region which fit the description:
"The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe since the Middle Ages..."
The wooden church style of the region originated in the late Medieval, the late sixteenth century, and began with Gothic ornament and polychrome detail, but because they were timber construction, the structure, general form, and feeling is entirely different from the gothic architecture or Polish Gothic (in stone or brick). Later construction show Rococo and Baroque ornamental influence. The form of these Roman Catholic churches is deeply influenced by the Greco-Catholic and Orthodox presence in the region. Some display Greek cross plans and onion domes, but the most interesting of the churches combine these features with the Roman forms with elongated naves and steeples. Other collections of wooden churches of the region are in the open-air museums in Sanok and Nowy Sącz.
Other wooden churches of the region
Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in
Lachowice, 1789-1791
John the Baptist Church in
Orawka, circa 1750
John the Baptist Church in
Orawka, circa 1750
St. Michael the Archangel Church in
Szalowa, from 18th century
Szalowa interior
St. Martin church in
Grywałd from 16th/17th century
St. Dorothy Church in
Trzcinica from end of 15th century
St Paraskeva Church in
Kwiatoń from 17th century
Nawiedzenia Church in
Iwkowa from 15th-17th centuries
St. Catherine Church in
Gogołów from 1672
John the Baptist Church in
Rzepiennik Biskupi from 16th century
St. Jacob Church in
Powroźnik from 1604
See also
References
Oldest wooden Church at Czech Republic from 1177
Coordinates: 49°45′00″N 21°13′59″E / 49.7500°N 21.2330°E / 49.7500; 21.2330