UNESCO Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland. Private tour

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.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Kosciol Sw Leonarda, Lipnica Murowana 39, Lipnica Murowana 32-724 Poland

A medieval wooden church, richly decorated inside, located within a small town of Lipnica Murowana.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Church St. Michael the Archangel in Binarowa, 409, Binarowa 38-340 Poland

An outstanding example of finest wooden architecture. Incredible wall paintings inside.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Church of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles, Sekowa Poland

An ancient wooden church which miracolously survived World War I.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: St. Michael Archangel's Church in Debno, Koscielna 42, Debno 34-434 Poland

The most famous of Poland's wooden churches, located by the Czorsztyn Lake, in the Carpathian Mountains.

Duration: 45 minutes