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Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Dłużniów

Dluzniow, gmina Dolhobyczow, powiat hrubieszowski, woj. lubelskie

  • Monuments & Culture
  • Orthodox Churches / Wooden Sacral Architecture

Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Dłużniów

The tallest and largest wooden church in Poland, erected in 1882. Formerly Greek Catholic, now a Roman Catholic church. Height to the top of the cross approx. 27.1 m, length 25.36 m.

Architecture

A great three-domed church, wooden, of log construction, on a brick foundation. Three-storeyed, with octagonal domes on tall drums. A preserved (incomplete) iconostasis, a neo-Gothic main altar.

Practical information

Scope

  • Currently a Roman Catholic church
  • Entry in the register of monuments: no. A/1317 of 10.11.1980

Access

Right by the border with Ukraine, Dołhobyczów municipality.

Sposób dojazdu

  • Kamper / samochód
  • Pieszo

Source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerkiew_Podniesienia_Krzy%C5%BCa_%C5%9Awi%C4%99tego_w_D%C5%82u%C5%BCniowie; https://zabytek.pl/en/obiekty/dluzniow-cerkiew-greckokatolicka-pw-podniesienia-krzyza-swieteg