St. Paraskevi Church, Radruż

St. Paraskevi Church in Radruż - a Gothic, wooden church located in the village of Radruż from the sixteenth-century, which together with different tserkvas is designated as part of the UNESCO Wooden tserkvas of the Carpathian region in Poland and Ukraine.The tserkva belongs to the oldest and best kept wooden sacramental architecture tserkvas in Poland. Part of the prestigious World Monuments Fund list of buildings worthy of preservation and financial sponsorship.The tserkva is located on an oval hill, by the Radrużka stream, and together with the bell tower is surrounded by a wall, with a fortification structure. The tserkva's structure is constructed out of a fir and oak framework. The tserkva was most likely funded by poseł to Sejm, and starosta Jan Płaza. While being used for sacramental services, the tserkva was also used as a fortress against the invasions by the Tatars.