Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland

E11394

UNESCO World Heritage Site group of wooden churches

The Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland are a group of historic Gothic timber churches renowned for their distinctive log construction, richly decorated interiors, and exceptional preservation of medieval religious architecture in rural Poland.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska	2
Wooden Churches in Lesser Poland Voivodeship	1
Wooden Churches of Southern Greater Poland (group)	1
Wooden churches of southern Lesser Poland	1
ensemble of wooden churches of southern Lesser Poland	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ group of wooden churches ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Gothic architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	medieval parish network in rural Poland ⓘ
constructionTechnique	log construction ⓘ
country	Poland ⓘ
governingBody	National Heritage Board of Poland ⓘ
hasComponent	painted wooden ceilings ⓘ shingled roofs ⓘ timber-framed naves ⓘ wooden bell towers ⓘ wooden chancels ⓘ wooden galleries ⓘ
hasHeritageValue	outstanding example of a type of building illustrating significant stage in human history ⓘ unique adaptation of Gothic forms to timber construction ⓘ
hasPart	All Saints Church in Blizne ⓘ St Michael Archangel Church in Haczów ⓘ surface form: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St Michael Archangel Church in Haczów St Leonard Church in Lipnica Murowana ⓘ St Michael Archangel Church in Binarowa ⓘ St Michael Archangel Church in Dębno Podhalańskie ⓘ St Michael Archangel Church in Haczów ⓘ St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear	2003 ⓘ
languageOfLiturgicalUse	Polish ⓘ
locatedIn	Carpathian Mountains ⓘ surface form: Carpathian region Lesser Poland ⓘ surface form: Southern Lesser Poland southern Poland ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Lesser Poland Voivodeship ⓘ Subcarpathian Voivodeship ⓘ
materialUsed	wood ⓘ
notableFor	exceptional preservation of medieval wooden church architecture ⓘ polychrome wall paintings ⓘ richly decorated interiors ⓘ traditional rural parish churches ⓘ
partOf	World Heritage Sites in Poland ⓘ wooden sacral architecture of the Carpathian region ⓘ
period	late Middle Ages ⓘ
protectionStatus	protected under Polish heritage law ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
theme	Christian religious architecture ⓘ
UNESCORegion	Europe and North America ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	1053 ⓘ
visitorAttraction	cultural tourism site ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa → UNESCOListing → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

St Michael Archangel Church in Haczów → UNESCOSiteName → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska

St Michael Archangel Church in Dębno Podhalańskie → UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

Greater Poland Voivodeship → containsUNESCOSiteCandidate → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wooden Churches of Southern Greater Poland (group)

Lesser Poland Voivodeship → containsUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

World Heritage Sites in Poland → hasPart → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska

World Heritage Sites in Poland → hasPart → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wooden Churches in Lesser Poland Voivodeship

St Leonard Church in Lipnica Murowana → heritageDesignation → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

St Michael Archangel Church in Haczów → isPartOf → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wooden churches of southern Lesser Poland

All Saints Church in Blizne → partOf → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

this entity surface form: ensemble of wooden churches of southern Lesser Poland

St Leonard Church in Lipnica Murowana → partOf → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

St Michael Archangel Church in Binarowa → partOf → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

St Michael Archangel Church in Dębno Podhalańskie → partOf → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ

St Philip and St James Church in Sękowa → partOf → Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland ⓘ