| Cerkiew św. Jakuba w Powroźniku St. James Church in Powroźnik | |
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| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholicism |
| Status | active church |
| Location | |
| Location |  Powroźnik, Poland |
| Geographic coordinates | 49°22′10″N 20°57′01″E / 49.36955°N 20.95038°E / 49.36955; 20.95038 |
| Architecture | |
| Completed | 17-18 century |
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Official name: Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | iii, iv |
| Designated | 2013 (37th session) |
| Reference no. | 1424 |
| State Party | Poland |
| Region | Europe |
St. James Church is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Powroźnik, southern Poland. It dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth-century. Together with different tserkvas it is designated as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine".
History
The tserkva in Powroźnik has existed since around 1600, but only a part of the former structure remains, arranged into the sacristy of the present tserkva. The architecture of the present tserkva was constructed between the seventeenth and eighteenth-century, with a major reconstruction in 1813. The tserkva was moved from its former location due to the danger posed by flooding, after which it was expanded. After Operation Vistula the tserkva was transformed to a Roman Catholic church.
References
- "woj. małopolskie – pow. bocheński" (PDF). NID. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- "Cerkiew pw. św. Jakuba Młodszego Apostoła w Powroźniku". Drewniana Małopolska. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- Marciniszyn, Grażyna i Zygmunt Malinowscy, Elżbieta i Piotr (2009). Ikony i cerkwie : tajemnic łemkowskich świątyń (Wyd. 1. ed.). Warszawa: Carta Blanca. ISBN 9788361444152.
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