St. Nicholas' Church, Bączal Dolny

St. Nicholas' Church in Bączal Dolny, Poland, is a Gothic church from the seventeenth-century. Since the 1970s, the church is part of the Museum of Folk Architecture in Sanok.[1]

St. Nicholas' Church
St. Nicholas' Church
LocationBączal Dolny
CountryPoland
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
Founder(s)Jan Łętowski
Architecture
StyleGothic
Completed1667
Specifications
MaterialsWood

The temple illustrates a typical Lesser Polish wooden church's architecture, and remains one of the most prized buildings of religious heritage in south-eastern Poland.[2][3]

The rector of the church from 1939 to 1948 was Florian Zając, a chaplain of the Home Army.

  • Church in Bączal Dolny in 1928
    Church in Bączal Dolny in 1928
  • Church interior with altar
    Church interior with altar
  • Church's environment in the summer
    Church's environment in the summer

References
  1. "Wirtualne Jasło - portal powiatu jasielskiego". www.wirtualnejaslo.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "Cerkiew św. Onufrego z Rosolina - Park Etnograficzny - Sanok | Bieszczady wyjade.pl - turystyczna Polska". bieszczady.wyjade.pl (in Polish).
  3. Mękarska, Dorota. "Skansen w Sanoku - dawne Podkarpacie w miniaturze". nowiny24.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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