St. Paraskevi Church, Kwiatoń

Cerkiew św. Paraskewy w Kwiatoniu
St. Paraskevi Church in Kwiatoń
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholicism
Status	active church
Location
Location	Kwiatoń, Poland
Architecture
Completed	c. 1700
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
Criteria	Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference	1424-004
Inscription	2013 (37th Session)

St. Paraskevi Church in Kwiatoń is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Kwiatoń from the nineteenth-century, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine. ^[1]

History

The tserkva was built in the second half of the seventeenth-century. The date of the completion of the tserkva was dated at 1700. The tower was built in 1743. The date for the completion of the tserkva was found on one of its wooden framework columns. However, this date could relate to the renovation of the old tower. ^[2] The tserkva's tower is considered to be the oldest tower built in the Lemko church architectural style. After Operation Vistula, the tserkva was transformed into a Roman Catholic church, belonging to the Uście Gorlickie parish. ^[3]

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  aerial view
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  in summer
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  interior ceiling

See also

• Paraskeva of the Balkans

References

1. "woj. małopolskie – pow. bocheński" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
2. "History and Architecture". Odkryj Małopolskę. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
3. Kutaś, Paweł (2013). Zabytki architektury drewnianej powiatu gorlickiego. Zakrzów: Wydawnictwo PROMO. ISBN   9788360941461.

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