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Poland, Radruż, Church of St. Paraskeva
The earliest information about the church in Radruż dates back to the first half of the 16th century; presumably, the church at that time was destroyed during Tatar raids.
The preserved church complex in the village of Radruż is the oldest in the Lubaczów region. A fairly spacious area in the center of the village is surrounded by a wall with a shingled roof. Entrance to the complex is through a stone gate. In the center stands the old wooden church of St. Paraskeva, built around 1583; on the left is a tall 17th-century bell tower. On the right, near the second gate, a brick building, the so-called “cantor’s house” from the second half of the 19th century, adjoins the fence. Near the church, several gravestones and archaic tombstones have been preserved.
The central nave of the church is covered by a hipped roof with one break, while the narthex and sanctuary have gabled roofs. A wide arcade is supported by a gallery encircling the entire church, including the entrance. The whole church is clad in shingles. Previously, the roof ridges were covered with special ceramic vessels that were meant to protect the roof from water and also served a decorative function. Several such vessels from the Radruż church, featuring figurative depictions of saints, are preserved in the National Museum in Lviv.
The same shingle covering can be seen on the bell tower, with its particularly striking wavy curve of the arcade.
The interior wall paintings were created in 1648, as indicated by an inscription on a painted cross. Since the church has been granted museum status, its interior decor has been preserved almost intact; the iconostasis was recently restored.
Today, the church is a branch of the Museum of the Borderlands in Lubaczów. On June 21, 2013, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage list as part of the group “Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.”
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