Descent of the Holy Spirit Church

Potelych-Tserkva of the Descent of the Holy Spirit
UNESCO World Heritage site
Location Potelych, Zhovkva Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Part of Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
Criteria Cultural: (iii), (iv)
Reference 1424-008
Inscription 2013 (37th Session)
Area 0.19 ha (0.47 acres)
Buffer zone 1.1 ha (2.7 acres)
Coordinates 50°12′31″N 23°33′3″E / 50.20861°N 23.55083°E / 50.20861; 23.55083Coordinates: 50°12′31″N 23°33′3″E / 50.20861°N 23.55083°E / 50.20861; 23.55083
Location of Descent of the Holy Spirit Church in Lviv Oblast
Descent of the Holy Spirit Church (Ukraine)

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 consists 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]

References

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