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Wooden Churches of Southern Małopolska

The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe since the Middle Ages, these churches were sponsored by noble families and became status symbols. They offered an alternative to the stone structures erected in urban centres.

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The Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska are medieval Roman Catholic Gothic churches built in the horizontal log technique.

The listed churches in Malopolska are:

1. The church of the Archangel Michael (Binarowa)

2. The church of All Saints (Blizne)

3. The church of Archangel Michael (Debno) (on the postcard)

4. The church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Archangel Michael (Haczow)

5. The church of St. Leonard (Lipnica Murowana)

6. The church of St. Philip and St. James the Apostles (Sekowa) 

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/southernlittlepoland.html