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The south-eastern part of Poland is a place where one of the biggest in Europe concentrations of the wooden, vernacular religious buildings still exist. These architectural structures, that were built between 15th and early 20th century, are represented by two types of churches: catholic - built for the Polish, Catholic communities and orthodox - built for the Ukrainian, Eastern Christians communities. After the World War II, due to political circumstances, the Ukrainian communities were deported from the area of Poland and the orthodox temples slowly went into ruin. Recently there have been many efforts undertaken to restore them and bring them to its original beauty. The following paper is introducing the conservation and adaptation problems of this type of architecture on the example of the Orthodox church in Miekisz Stary. This temple, that was erected in the middle of the 17th century, is the only surviving example of wooden architecture of the Orthodox churches in Poland inspired by a wide range of masonry construction of the Baroque buildings. (This trend is also emulated by the illusionist, monumental paintings, decorating wall surfaces and the vaulting of the nave, porch and the sanctuary.)
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