Church of St. Phillip and St. Jacob, Sękowa, Poland

St. Philip and St. Jacob the Apostles' Church in Sękowa was built at the beginning of 16th century. It was made using manually hewed larch wood covered with shingle. The church is a one-nave one with the chancel closed off at three sides. The interior is meagre, since the church was devastated during the wartime at the turn of 1914 and 1915. Wooden elements from the church were used to build trenches and consumed as firewood. However, the church was reconstructed and today visitors may admire here, among other things, late Renaissance altar dating back to 17th century and a stone baptismal font from 1522.

The church is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland and Subcarpathia. The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture.

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Marcin (4 years ago)
Magic spot:)

Anna Gąciarz (4 years ago)
Wonderful medieval church. Very impressive that it has preserved so well to our times. I also admired the old trees in the church surroundings.

Tim Müller (5 years ago)
Very beautiful church, built in the 16th century. UNESCO world heritage too!

Henryk Klakla (5 years ago)
Cool. There are lot of these old churches in the neighborhood. This one is nice.

Paul Taylor (6 years ago)
Such beautiful history ?

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