St. George's Church, Drohobych

St. George's Church in Drohobych is one of the oldest and best preserved timber churches of Galicia. The church is a monument of Galician wooden architecture of the late 15th – early 16th centuries, one of the best preserved and one of the best monuments of ancient Ukrainian sacral architecture. Built in the 15th century, it has been rebuilt several times and given the final architectural forms by the talented Ukrainian architect Hryhoriy Tesla from Drohobych.[1] The church is part of the wooden architecture department of the Museum of Drohobych region.

Drohobych-Tserkva of Saint George
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationDrohobych, Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Part ofWooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine
Criteria(iii), (iv)
Reference1424-003
Inscription2013 (37th Session)
Area0.18 ha (0.44 acres)
Buffer zone1.06 ha (2.6 acres)
Coordinates49°21′05″N 23°29′48″E / 49.35139°N 23.49667°E / 49.35139; 23.49667
St. George's Church, Drohobych is located in Lviv Oblast
St. George's Church, Drohobych
Location of St. George's Church, Drohobych in Lviv Oblast
St. George's Church, Drohobych is located in Ukraine
St. George's Church, Drohobych
St. George's Church, Drohobych (Ukraine)
St. George's Church
Церква Святого Юра
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DenominationCatholic Church
History
Founded1656
DedicationSaint George

The church consists of three parts. The central block is square in plan and comprises the nave. Two other blocks contain the double apse and the narthex. Between 1678 and 1711, the church was renovated: the interior was frescoed, the octagonal structures built up, and a new belfry appeared.

It is one of the 16 churches that comprise a World Heritage Site named the Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.

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  1. ^ Contributors, Vitamins & Hormones, vol. 66, Elsevier, 2003, pp. xv–xvii, doi:10.1016/s0083-6729(03)09002-2, ISBN 9780127098661

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49°20′52″N 23°29′58″E / 49.34778°N 23.49944°E / 49.34778; 23.49944