UNESCO World Heritage Site

Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska

Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska is a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in Poland, inscribed in 2003.

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, these chu

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, these churches were sponsored by noble families and became status symbols. They offered an alternative to the stone structures erected in urban centres.

Country
Poland
Region
Europe
Category
Cultural
Inscribed
2003
UNESCO reference
1053
Area
8.26 ha

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