Small Shelter in the Church Grounds
It wasn’t a very nice day when I was out exploring the Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland. Unfortunately for me, most of this will be done outdoors since I need to take photos of the church itself. If I’m lucky, the church would also be open to visitors. My current stop was the Church of Saint Michael in the village of Binarowa. It seems that a lot of churches here in Poland are dedicated to Saint Michael the Archangel. I don’t really know why this is so. The Catholic tradition in the country is a bit different from what I was raised with and I find this quite interesting.
Small Chapel at the Church of Saint Michael in Binarowa
The Church of Saint Michael is surrounded by a fence which looks much like the church itself, complete with wooden shingles. Obviously, the church is quite old, records show that it might have been built in the year 1500. It was said to be the second church on the site and apparently, this is the one which stuck. Towards 1600, a tower was built. The church was continually built and rebuilt over the centuries, even the shingled roof and walls were replaced with tin and woodens planks respectively. However, in the 1990s, these were again replaced with their wooden equivalent, which I think is not only more authentic but also more attractive.
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