Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine explained

Whs:	Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
Image Upright:	1.2
Location:	Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine
Includes:	16 wooden churches, eight in each country
Criteria:	(iii), (iv)
Id:	1424
Year:	2013
Area:	7.03ha
Buffer Zone:	92.73ha

The Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (;) are a group of wooden Orthodox (and some Eastern Catholic) churches (in Ukrainian, церкви tserkvy, in Polish cerkiew) located in Poland and Ukraine which were inscribed in 2013 on the UNESCO World Heritage List which explains:

Inscribed Tserkvas

Poland: Tserkva of St. Michael the Archangel, Brunary, Lesser Poland Tserkva of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Chotyniec Tserkva of St. Paraskevia, Kwiatoń Virgin Mary's Care Tserkva, Owczary St. James the Less Tserkva, Powroźnik Tserkva of St. Paraskevia, Radruż St. Michael the Archangel Tserkva, Smolnik St. Michael the Archangel Tserkva, Turzańsk, Sanok County

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Ukraine: Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Potelych Holy Trinity Church, Zhovkva St. George's Church, Drohobych Church of the Synaxis of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Matkiv Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Rohatyn Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Nyzhnii Verbizh St. Archangel Michael Church, Uzhok

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