The Ruins of Sobień castle, - are located at a height of 564 meters above sea level. The origins of this stronghold date back to the 13th century. It guarded the trade route. Build in the 14th century the castle belonged to the king, in the next century it came into private ownership becoming the family seat of the Kmita family. In chronicles it is written that Piotr Kmita hosted the Polish king Vladislaw Jagiello together with his new bride from Sanok, Elizabeth from the Pilecki Granowski family.
Bohdan Zhukiewicz (photo zakapior)
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photo Bohdan Zhukiewicz

Welcome to the Folk Museum in Kolbuszowa,
- is lovely situated on the edge of town of Kolbuszowa. Collected exhibits originate from the ancient Sandomierz Forest located in the fork of the Vistula and San rivers, and from the river basin of the Wisłok which was inhabited by two ethnographic groups - Lasowiak people and Rzeszowiak people. About sixty large and small objects of rural wooden architecture are located in the area of 29 hectares, partly covered by wood. Apart from buildings, surrounded by gardens, the collection comprises equipment, tools and implements serving the householders in their work and everyday life. Among the most interesting buildings are: a group of wind-mills, the water-mill, the school and the country inn. The Museum is constantly enriched with new objects and articles of folklore increasing ethnographic and touristic value of the Ethnographic Park.
Bohdan Zhukiewicz (photo zakapior)
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photo Paweł Rut

   Of all the former republics of the USSR, Ukraine is considered to be one of the most important. With a population of 47 million and a territory as large as France, Europe's new neighbor is crucial for both Russia and the West. In addition to its natural resources, heavy industries and access to the Black Sea, Ukraine is a major transit country for Russia's oil and gas. Although independent since 1991, this emerging democracy has yet to form its national character. Like many post-Soviet states, it is in the throes of an identity crisis.
   In order to better understand contemporary Ukraine, the non-profit organization Altemus commissioned a team of young East European photographers from Sputnik Photos collective and Ukrainian writers, to travel the country and capture its ethos. Their photographs and stories reveal a country caught between two worlds - communism and liberalism, tradition and modernity, but also a country rich in diversity and resilient in spirit. From the Donbas coalmines to Carpathian mountain villages, the Crimean peninsula to the capital of Kiev, they bear witness to a country in full flux, on a journey to find itself and its place in the world.
Altemus

photo Mieczysław Kowal, Zakapior
Bohdan Zhukiewicz
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The Carpathian Troy Open-Air Archaeological Museum At Trzcinica.

In 1998 the archaeological discoveries we had made at Trzcinica gave rise to an idea to establish an archaeological open-air museum here.

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   From 1947 four ethnographic groups existed on the area of south-east Poland: the Bojkos and the Lemkos (Ukrainian groups), Dolinianie - the valley inhabitants - (group which has Polish and Ukrainian features) and Pogorzans Polish group). Among this last group there was so called Ukrainian island created by Zamieszańcy, that is inhabitants of 9 Ukrainian villages near Krosno, separated from the rest dense Ukrainian area with a strip of Polish settlement. Although, all above mentioned groups occupied piedmont and mountainous region, they differed in character of economy from one another (The Bojkos and the Lemkos - agriculture with a huge share of farming, Dolinianie and Pogorzans – definitely agricultural character). This diversity had fundamental influence on character of material culture (architecture, dress), spiritual culture (family and annual ceremonies) as well as on many other elements of everyday life.
Zakapior (photo zakapior)
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Sierakośce, district: Przemyśl
The Church belfry (1712)

The museum of folk architecture in Sanok

The Church from Bączal Dolny
- under the invocation of St. Nicolas the Wonder-Worker from 1667 from Bączal Dolny near Jasło in the Ethnographic Park is situated on a little eminence in the East Pogorzans section.

The Orthodox Church from Rosolin
- under the invocation of St. Onufrius the Hermit from 1750 from Rosolin can be found in An open Air Museum in Sanok in the Bojkos section.

The Orthodox Church from Grąziowa
- under the invocation of the Nativity from Grąziowa is now situated in the Ethnographic Park in the Bojkos section.
Zakapior (photo zakapior)
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Ropki, distict: Gorlice
The Greck-Catholic Church (1801)

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UNITY WITHIN DIVERSITY

   The area comprising the south - eastern region of Poland (with parts of the Małopolskie and Podkarpackie provinces), the north - eastern region of the Slovakian Carpathians and part of Ukraine, has long fascinated people with its mosaic culture typical of borderland areas. Here the Catholic Latin West met the Byzantine Orthodox East. This has always been an area of diverse ethnicities.



   The meeting of the two civilizations initially resulted in mutual isolation. It was particularly intense on religious ground, on account of reciprocal dislike of the western and eastern churches. This found reflection in clear differences in religious painting and architecture; Catholic churches were modeled after Roman basilicas (two - part structures with a single - or multi - aisle body and a presbytery), whereas religious architecture of Ruthenia was based on Byzantine tradition with its typical three - part layout.
   However, with time, and especially in the modern era, the two cultures started to blend, which left traces in the beautiful architecture of wooden churches of both rites. A typical for the Polish - Ukrainian frontier phenomenon of Latinization of Greek Catholic churches occurred and Latin churches started following eastern models.
   With the intense settlement in the highlands of Poland and Slovakia between the 14th and 17th centuries, and particularly in the 16th c., Orthodox Ruthenians and Wallachians appeared. That shepherd community later became settled, forming the well - known ethnographic groups of Lemkos and Boykos.
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Tomaszów Lubelski 1627
A parish church founded by Tomasz Zamoyski in 1627 was raised next to the town’s shafts whose remnants are preserved to the East from the building. After its destruction at the beginning of the 18th century, the church was rebuilt in 1727 and it survived till today without any significant changes...
The building is an example of Baroque architecture made in wood. A three-nave interior is covered with false vaults; two rows of chapels are open to the naves...
Zakapior
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* Chotyniec
* Gorajec
* Stare Oleszyce

Radruż - 16th century

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The Wooden Architecture Routeleads through the Silesia, Malopolska and Podkarpacie regions in south and southeast of Poland. It is 3037 km long and includes 448 buildings of which 9 trails (of the total length of 1202 km) and 127 buildings are in Podkarpacie. The wooden huts, churches, mansions and open-air-museums visited along the way represent various historical periods, local traditions and cultural influences and as such offer an unprecedented diversity of styles. The most interesting are churches in Haczów and Blizne included in the World Heritage UNESCO List. The route is possibly the only such tourist attraction in Europe.
Zakapior
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* Lutcza - 15th century
* Bonarówka - the Uniat church 17th century
* Golcowa - 15th
* Domaradz - 15th
* Humniska - 15th
* Jurowce - the Uniat church 1873
* Czerteż - the Uniat church
* Jasienica Rosielna
* Krosno - 15th
* Lubla - 15th

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Blizne - a 15th century church.

The village is the site of All Saints church, built in the 15th or 16th century. This is one of the six Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland, on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003.The church was built from larch wood in the Gothic style. The church was surrounded by a number of huge trees. Formerly, the building was also surrounded by the defensive rampart  and it was located in the middle of  Stobnica backwater. In 1623 Tatars invaded Blizne, but surprisingly for them  the village inhabitants managed to prevent them  form destroying the village. Since then, Tatars stayed away form Blizne. In 1966 the village celebrated 600 anniversary of the Parish Establishment.
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Haczów - the gothic wooden church

The church is one of the oldest and biggest  wooden church  in Poland. What is more worth to mention the church is considered to be the oldest wooden church around the world. Haczów used to be a royal property located on the both sides of the Wisłok River. Polish king Kazimierz the Great was one who was responsible for the village settlement (1360). The Act of settlement was rectified  in 1388 by Wladyslaw II Jagiełło. Also, in the same year the first roman catholic parish was established.
The idea of the church’s building  is usually  connected with Queen Jadwiga (Jagiełło’s wife). The historian’s researches have shown that the church was built in 14c.
Zakapior
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* Krzeszów - 1727-1728
* Cmolas - 1674
* Poręby Dymarskie - 1656-1660
* Krzemienica - 1750-1754
* Kosina - 1737
* Siennów - 1676
* Chłopice - 1761
* Kruhel Wielki - Przemyśl 1630
* Medyka - 1607

Nowosielce
The parish church under the invocation of St Maria Magdalena which was built in 1595. The structure, surrounded by a fortification system, served the purpose of a bastion, successfully strengthening against the Tatar invasion of 1624. Its tower was most presumably erected in the 18" century. Renovated in the years including 1871-1877, 1903 and 1983-1985. The tower basement was reconstructed by removing a part of its concrete floor and appending a stone vestibule with counter forts en its quoins. The church was still erected in the Gothic tradition strong and pervading especially in the area of southern Poland.
Zakapior
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Iwonicz Zdrój

Iwonicz Zdrój is one of the oldest Polish health resorts, cited in as early as the 16th century. Yet the chief founding father of this health resort was Karol Załuski, who, in 1837, proceeded to rebuild it. The very centre of the health resort comprises a well-preserved spatial arrangement and a wooden building complex which is relatively uniform in style and of unique historical merit. The majority of its structures were established in the second half of the 19th and early 20th century. A number of structures from the first half of the 19th century have also been preserved. This architecture constitutes a synthesis of the so-called Swiss style and the Late-classicist mainstream of native Polish architecture. In its later phase Secessionist elements with varied forms of carpentry and folk building intertwine therein.
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Trześniów
A manor complex comprising a wooden manor house and granary, a brick outbuilding as well as a landscape park which was most presumably built in the first half of the 19th century. The landscape park was located to the cast and south of the manor in the southern part of which there were two pored. The manor bas a wooden frame construction set on a stone foundation. A wooden granary from the first half of the 19th century is also a part of the complex.
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The entailed estate of the Potocki family in Julin
Te Hnting Palace complex in Julin was erected by the Second Heir of Łańcut, Alfred Potocki. The building of the complex was completed in 1880. In 1927 the mansion was extended upon, and then a year later so was the kitchen. The complex comprises the following the hunting palace, servants quarters otherwise referred to as "dyrektorówka" or "adiunktówka", the kitchen building and ice generator (freezer). Located in the heart of the complex, the so-called Tyrolean-Swiss style. The complex has served the purpose of Museum-Castle in Łańcut since 1996.
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The larch palace on the occasion of the arrival of the Austrian archduke Rudolf. When the castle belonged to the Potocki family, many dignified guests from all over the world visited it. A kitchen, a pavilion, a cellar - a cold room remained from that period. Also the architecture of the hunting palace in a Swiss style is preserved.
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The vicarage from Dydna
The vicarage was erected in approximately 1917 according to the design of the architect Bogdan Treter. It is an exemplification (next to the wooden church in Jabłonka) of one of the most attractive structures to be built in the so-called "Zakopiański" (Highlander) style in the Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
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Komańcza

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Średnia Wieś

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* Morochów
* Szczawne
* Rzepedź
* Turzańsk
* Komańcza
* Wisłok Wielki
* Radoszyce

Komańcza

photo Paweł Rut

The former Uniat parish church under the invocation of Our Lady which was erected in 1802, at present an Orthodox daughter-church. A gage-belfry was built in 1834, and this was followed by the addition of a sacristy in 1836. It has been renovated extensively. The iconostas dating from 1832 has been retained of its earlier furnishings and decorations. A very characteristic feature is its location at the extension of the sanctuary on the axis along the church. The Unit church in Komańcza along with its belfry are typical exemplifications of the East Łemkowie (so-called "Osławski") sacral architecture.
Zakapior
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photo Antoni Hadała, Paweł Rut, (bo, zakapior)

* Chmiel - 1904

Smolnik - 1791
The Unit church under the invocation of St Michelangelo which was erected in 1791 (a Roman Catholic church since 1973). The church, following its dereliction in 1951, was restored to its original state in 1961. Inside, its figural polychromes from the late 18th century has been preserved. This structure is one of the very few preserved exemplifications of threefold coupled Orthodox churches in the area of south-cast Poland, characteristic of Bojkowie country, "destroyed" throughout this region after 1947.
Zakapior
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Lutowiska


* Ustianowa Górna - 1792
* Równia - 1792
* Hoszowczyk
* Krościenko
* Brzegi Dolne
* Jałowe
* Hoszów
* Rabe - 1858
* Żłobek
* Czarna
* Bystre
* Michniowiec

Równia - the Uniat church 17th century
The unit church under the invocation of the Pokrow of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (a Roman Catholic church since 1976) which was most presumably erected in the early 18" century, renovated in 1792, the 19" century and 1975. The unit church was abandoned in 1951. This structure is one of the very few preserved exemplifications of threefold copulated unit churches in the area of south-cast Poland.
Zakapior
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* Święcany - 1520
* Sękowa - 1522

Trzcinica

The parish church under the invocation of St Dorothy which is presumed to have been erected close to the end of the 15™ century. A tower-belfry was built on to the nave, on the west side thereof, in the very late 16™ century. It was renovated and partially modified in the early 19™ and 20™ century. Its interiors are gilded with renaissance polychrome from approximately the middle of 16™ century and mannerist polychrome from about the mid 17™ century. The church is one of the oldest of wooden framework type, with a special roof construction, warranting uniform mounting of its roof ridge.
Zakapior
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* Kwiatoń
* Chyrowa

Krempna

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