Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
| Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
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| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Reference | 1424 |
| UNESCO region | Europe and North America |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 2013 (137th Session) |
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 [1]
Inscribed Tserkvas
Poland:
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Ukraine:
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See also
- Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians
- Carpathian Wooden Churches
- Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland
- Wooden churches in Ukraine
- Wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Wooden churches of Maramureș
References
- ↑ Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine UNESCO World Heritage Centre 1992-2014. United Nations.
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