Why this ride
A 128 km round trip from Muszyna - roughly 3 h 15 in the saddle. It goes by way of Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i, Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection and back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less and Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 128 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 15
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less
Hidden among the hills of the Beskid Sądecki, close to the Slovak border in southern Poland, the little wooden church at Powroźnik is one of the oldest of its kind still standing in the country. Its oldest parts date from around 1600, and it belongs to the group of wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region listed by UNESCO in 2013. A tserkva is an Eastern-rite church, and this one was built by the Lemkos, the Rusyn highlanders who farmed these valleys for centuries until most were forcibly resettled after the Second World War. Today it serves as a Catholic church, but the shape tells its origin story at once: a tower with a bulging onion-like cap, stepped shingle roofs and dark timber walls weathered almost black.
Read the complete Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less is where the day begins. Next is Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i.
2. Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i
In a narrow valley in the Low Beskids, close to the Slovak border in south-eastern Poland, stands the wooden church of Saint Paraskeva in Kwiatoń, often called the most beautiful of the Lemko churches. Built in the seventeenth century by the Lemkos, an East Slavic highland people who lived in these hills for centuries, it is one of the sixteen wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine that UNESCO listed in 2013. Its silhouette is unmistakable: three towers rising in steps toward the west, each topped with onion-shaped domes and crosses, the walls covered in wooden shingles that have weathered to silver-grey.
Read the complete Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i comes up 22 km in. Next is Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection.
3. Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection
The Lemkos, a mountain people of the Carpathians, built their churches of wood, with onion domes and steep shingle roofs stepping up in tiers toward the west tower, and the one at Owczary, in the Low Beskids south of Gorlice, is one of the finest. Built in the mid seventeenth century as a Greek Catholic church, it was later enlarged and painted inside with a rich polychrome decoration. After the Second World War the Lemkos were deported from this region in Operation Vistula, and the church was taken over by the Roman Catholic parish, while the Greek Catholic community has also returned to use it. It is part of the World Heritage listing of the Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine, inscribed in 2013.
Read the complete Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
44 km in you reach Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection. Next is back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i.
4. back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i, late in the day. Next is Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less.
5. Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less to Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i
Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less → Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i to Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i → Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection to back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i
Owczary-Tserkva of Our Lady’s Protection → back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i to Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less
back through Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region i → Powroźnik-Tserkva of Saint James the Less is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.