Sękowa (''
Polish
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'': ) is a historic village in southern Poland first incorporated by an edict issued on February 22, 1363, by King
Kazimierz Wielki
Casimir III the Great ( pl, Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He ...
.
The village is the site of
St. Philip's and
St. James' church, built in the beginning of the 16th century, one of the six
Wooden Churches of Southern Poland, inscribed on the
UNESCO
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list of
World Heritage Sites
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since 2003.
Sękowa is the seat of rural
Gmina Sękowa
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Gmina Sękowa is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Gorlice County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, on the Slovak border. Its seat is the village of Sękowa, which lies approximately south-east of Gorlice and so ...
, administrative district in
Gorlice County
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Gorlice County ( pl, powiat gorlicki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland, on the Slovak border. It was created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Polish l ...
,
Lesser Poland Voivodeship/ Małopolska Voivodeship or Małopolska Province, on the Polish
Slovak border. It lies approximately south-east of
Gorlice
Gorlice ( uk, Горлиці, translit=''Horlytsi'') is a city and an urban municipality ("gmina") in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants (2008). It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy S ...
and south-east of the regional capital
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
.
References
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Urząd Gminy Sękowa*
Strona o Gminie*
Stowarzyszenie Gminne w Sękowej
Villages in Gorlice County
World Heritage Sites in Poland
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