Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine

Situated in the eastern fringe of Central Europe, the transnational property numbers a selection of sixteen&nbsp;tserkvas&nbsp;(churches). They were built of horizontal wooden logs between the 16th&nbsp;and 19th&nbsp;centuries by communities of Orthodox and Greek Catholic faiths. The&nbsp;tserkvas&nbsp;bear testimony to a distinct building tradition rooted in Orthodox ecclesiastic design interwoven with elements of local tradition, and symbolic references to their communities&rsquo; cosmogony.&nbsp;&nbsp;The&nbsp;tserkvas&nbsp;are built on a tri-partite plan surmounted by open quadrilateral…