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  Type Cultural
  Criteria iii, iv
  ID 1053
  Region Europe And North America
  Year 2003
  Session 27th
  Link http://whcunescoorg/en/list/1053


Wooden Churches of Southern Little 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 Podhalańskie , Haczów , Lipnica Murowana , 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 churches is deeply influenced by the Greco-Catholic and Orthodox presence in the region. Some display Greek Cross plans and Onion Dome s, but the most interesting of the churches combine these features with the Roman forms with elongated Nave s and Steeple s.

Collections of wooden churches of the region are in the ''Skansen'' Open Air Museum s in Sanok and Nowy Sącz .


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