St. Paraskevi Church in Radruż | |
Native Name: | Cerkiew św. Paraskewy w Radrużu |
Location: | Radruż, Poland |
Coordinates: | 50.1765°N 23.4009°W |
Functional Status: | active church |
Year Completed: | 16th century |
Designation1: | WHS |
Designation1 Offname: | Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine |
Designation1 Date: | 2013 (37th session) |
Designation1 Number: | 1424 |
Designation1 Criteria: | iii, iv |
Designation1 Type: | Cultural |
Designation1 Free1name: | State Party |
Designation1 Free2name: | Region |
Designation1 Free2value: | Europe |
Designation2: | Historic Monument of Poland |
Designation2 Date: | 2017-11-22 |
Designation2 Number: | Dz. U. z 2017 r. poz. 2253[1] |
St. Paraskevi Church in Radruż is a Gothic, wooden church from the sixteenth-century located in the village of Radruż, Poland, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.[2]
The tserkva belongs to the oldest and best kept wooden sacramental architecture tserkvas in Poland. Part of the prestigious World Monuments Fund (WMF) list of buildings worthy of preservation and financial sponsorship.[3]
The tserkva is located on an oval hill, by the Radrużka stream, and together with the bell tower is surrounded by a wall (existent from 1825), with a fortification structure. The tserkva's structure is constructed out of a fir and oak framework. The tserkva was most likely funded by poseł to Sejm, and starosta Jan Płaza (died 1599). While being used for sacramental services, the tserkva was also used as a fortress against the invasions by the Tatars.[4]