St. James Church is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Powroźnik, southern Poland. It dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth-century. Together with different tserkvas it is designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine".[1]
| Cerkiew św. Jakuba w Powroźniku St. James Church in Powroźnik | |
|---|---|
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholicism |
| Status | active church |
| Location | |
| Location |  Powroźnik, Poland |
| Geographic coordinates | 49°22′10″N 20°57′01″E / 49.36955°N 20.95038°E |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 17-18 century |
| Official name: Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Designated | 2013 (37th session) |
| Reference no. | 1424 |
| State Party | Poland |
| Region | Europe |
History edit
The tserkva in Powroźnik has existed since around 1600, but only a part of the former structure remains, arranged into the sacristy of the present tserkva. The architecture of the present tserkva was constructed between the seventeenth and eighteenth-century, with a major reconstruction in 1813.[2] The tserkva was moved from its former location due to the danger posed by flooding, after which it was expanded. After Operation Vistula the tserkva was transformed to a Roman Catholic church.[3]
References edit
- ^ "woj. małopolskie – pow. bocheński" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Cerkiew pw. św. Jakuba Młodszego Apostoła w Powroźniku". Drewniana Małopolska. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ Marciniszyn, Grażyna i Zygmunt Malinowscy, Elżbieta i Piotr (2009). Ikony i cerkwie : tajemnic łemkowskich świątyń (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Carta Blanca. ISBN 9788361444152.
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