Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church

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Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church in Owczary is a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Owczary from the seventeenth century, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine. ()

Local name: Cerkiew Opieki Matki Bożej w Owczarach Completed: 1653 (371 years ago)Unesco: from 2013Area: 7.09 acres (0.0111 mi²)Coordinates: 49°35'19"N, 21°11'29"E

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Lesser PolandPoland

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Protection of Our Most Holy Lady Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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