× Information on this section of ECOLEX comes from the InforMEA Portal which compiled information from MEA Secretariats with the support of the European Union. The accuracy of the information displayed is the responsibility of the originating data source. In case of discrepancy the information as displayed on the respective MEA website prevails. Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland (Poland) Document type Decision Reference number 8C.36 Date Jun 29, 2003 SourceUNEP, InforMEA Status Active Subject Wild species & ecosystems Treaty Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (Nov 23, 1972) Meeting 27e session du Comité Website whc.unesco.org Abstract The World Heritage Committee,1. Inscribes the Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland, Poland, on the World Heritage List on the basis of cultural criteria (iii) and (iv):Criterion (iii): The wooden churches of Little Poland bear important testimony to medieval church building traditions, as these related to the liturgical and cult functions of the Roman Catholic Church in a relatively closed region in central Europe.Criterion (iv): The churches are the most representative examples of surviving Gothic churches built in horizontal log technique, particularly impressive in their artistic and technical execution, and sponsored by noble families and rulers as symbols of social and political prestige.The property consists of six separate churches:ChurchTownArea (ha)Buffer (ha)Church of the Archangel MichaelBinarowa1.8040.4Church of All SaintsBlizne2.2046.7Church of the Archangel MichaelDębno0.1464.0Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Archangel MichaelHaczów1.3038.2Church of St LeonardLipnica Murowana1.1016.5Church of St Philip and St James the ApostlesSękowa1.7236.4TOTALTOTAL8.26242.2