| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
|---|---|
 Kwiatoń, Lemko Greek Catholic church | |
| Location | Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine |
| Includes | 16 wooden churches, eight in each country |
| Criteria | Cultural: (iii), (iv) |
| Reference | 1424 |
| Inscription | 2013 (37th Session) |
| Area | 7.03 ha (17.4 acres) |
| Buffer zone | 92.73 ha (229.1 acres) |
The Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine (Polish : Drewniane cerkwie regionu karpackiego w Polsce i na Ukrainie; Ukrainian : Дерев'яні церкви карпатського регіону Польщі та України, romanized: derev'yani tserkvy karpatsʹkoho rehionu Polʹshchi i Ukrayiny) 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:
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built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th and 19th centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The tserkvas bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic design interwoven with elements of local tradition, and symbolic references to their communities’ cosmogony. —World Heritage Centre [1]
