Church of the Archangel Michael, Uzhok

UNESCO World Heritage Site
St. Archangel Michael Church, Uzhok
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Type Cultural
Criteria III, IV
Reference 1424
UNESCO region Europe
Inscription history
Inscription 2013 (37th Session)

Wooden St. Michael Church was built in suburb of Uzhok, Ukraine in 1745. The structure consisits of three wooden naves and a brick sacristy.

On June 21, 2013 on the 37th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Cambodja the Holy Trinity Church was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List among 16 wooden tserkvas of Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine.[1][2]

Nave 
Iconostasis 
1919 photo 

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Coordinates: 48°59′02″N 22°51′17″E / 48.984°N 22.8546°E / 48.984; 22.8546

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