Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland

Template:Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site The wooden churches of southern Lesser Poland (Template:Langx) of the UNESCO inscription are located in Binarowa, Blizne, Dębno, Haczów, Lipnica Murowana, and Sękowa (Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Małopolska).

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.

List of the sites

Picture	ID	Name	Location	Note
File:Binarowa, kościół św. Michała Archanioła (HB11).jpg	1053-001	St. Michael Archangel's Church, Binarowa	Binarowa	From circa 1500
File:Kościółek w Bliznem z XVI w krzymill.JPG	1053-002	All Saints Church, Blizne	Blizne	East of Jasienica Rosielna
File:Church of St. Michael in Dębno 2009 (5).jpg	1053-003	St. Michael the Archangel Church	Dębno, Nowy Targ County	From 15th century
File:Haczów old latin church.jpg	1053-004	Assumption of Holy Mary Church	Haczów	The oldest wooden gothic temple in Europe, 1388
File:Kosciol sw. Leonarda w Lipnicy Murowanej 13.08.08 p.jpg	1053-005	St. Leonard's Church	Lipnica Murowana	From 15th century
File:Koscioł Sekowa calosc.jpg	1053-006	Saints Philip and James Church	Sękowa	From 1520

See also

• Carpathian wooden churches
• Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians
• Wooden synagogues of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
• Zakopane Style architecture
• Lesser Poland

External links

• UNESCO citation
• The Wooden Architecture Route in Małopolska
• Regional Uniate Church history