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The Wooden ''Tserkvas'' of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine (; ) are a group of wooden
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es (in Ukrainian, церкви ''tserkvy'') located in
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and
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which were inscribed in 2013 on the
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Inscribed Tserkvas


See also

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Vernacular architecture of the Carpathians The vernacular architecture of the Carpathians draws on environmental and cultural sources to create unique designs. Vernacular architecture refers to non-professional, folk architecture, including that of the peasants. In the Carpathian Mountains ...
* Carpathian Wooden Churches *
Wooden churches of Southern Lesser Poland The wooden churches of southern Lesser Poland () of the UNESCO inscription are located in Binarowa, Blizne, Dębno, Nowy Targ County, Dębno, Haczów, Lipnica Murowana, and Sękowa (Lesser Poland Voivodeship or Małopolska). There are in fact many ...
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Wooden churches in Ukraine Wooden church architecture in Ukraine dates from the beginning of Christianity in the area and comprises a set of unique styles and forms specific to many sub-regions of the country. As a form of vernacular culture, construction of the churches in ...
* Wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians *
Wooden churches of Maramureș The wooden churches of Maramureș in the Maramureș region of northern Transylvania are a group of almost one hundred Orthodox churches, and occasionally Greek-Catholic ones, of different architectural solutions from different periods and areas. ...


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{{World Heritage Sites in Ukraine * World Heritage Sites in Poland World Heritage Sites in Ukraine