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Descent of the Holy Spirit Church

Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 23°58′56″E / 50.0553°N 23.9821°E / 50.0553; 23.9821
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Descent of the Holy Spirit Church, Potelych
UNESCO World Heritage Site
CriteriaCultural: III, IV
Reference1424
Inscription2013 (37th Session)

Wooden Descent of the Holy Spirit Church was built in suburb of Potelych, Ukraine in 1502 on the place of a church that burned down by tatars. It is the oldest wooden church in Lviv Oblast. Church was visited by Bohdan Khmelnytsky

The structure consisits of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.

On June 21, 2013 on the 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodja the Holy Trinity Church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List among 16 wooden tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.[1][2]

  • Interior
    Interior
  • Interior
    Interior
  • Belltower
    Belltower
  • Belltower
    Belltower
  • Riverside
    Riverside

References

  1. ^ Карпатські церкви стали спадщиною ЮНЕСКО // Українська правда / Історична правда. - Неділя, 23 червня 2013
  2. ^ http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1424

50°03′19″N 23°58′56″E / 50.0553°N 23.9821°E / 50.0553; 23.9821

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