Haczów

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Haczów
Coat of arms of Haczów
Coat of arms
Haczów (Poland)
Haczów
Haczów
Coordinates: 49°40′N 21°54′E / 49.667, 21.9
Country Poland
Voivodeship Subcarpathian Voivodeship
County Brzozów
Commune Haczów
Population
 - Total 3,370
Church under call of Assumption of Holy Mary and St. Michael's Archangel in Haczów (Poland), the oldest wooden gothic temples in Europe, erected in the 14th century, on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003.
Church under call of Assumption of Holy Mary and St. Michael's Archangel in Haczów (Poland), the oldest wooden gothic temples in Europe, erected in the 14th century, on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003.
View of Haczów
View of Haczów

Haczów is a village in south-eastern Poland.

The village is the site of Assumption of Mary and St. Michael's Archangel church, built in the end of 14th century. This is one of the six Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland, on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites since 2003. Inside a valuable figural wall paintings dating from 1494 can be seen. The church has recently been renovated. It is believed that the Haczów church is the biggest Gothic wooden church in Europe.

History


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