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The small town of Sanok is perched on a hilltop above the San valley. It is a sleepy little place whose main attraction is the Skansen, or outdoor museum. Sanok is a perfect place to stop, rest and re-supply yourself before moving onto the Bieszczardy Mountains.

The Skansen is in the Biala Gora district of Sanok about 2 km from the Rynek, town square. The open-air museum brings together architectural styles from all of the region's main ethnic groups - Bojkowie, Lemkowie, Dolinianie and Pogorzanie. Specimens of every kind of country building have been carefully moved and reassembled here into little villages. There are examples of farm houses, churches, smithies, granaries, inns, windmills, watermill and even an old fire station! Complete with a 19th century fire engine. The Skansen  preserves an image of what rural Poland was like in the 19th century.


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The chapel in the presbytery from Ropa near Gorlice, circa 1865.

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The Greek-Catholic church of the Lemki region from Ropki near Wysowa, circa 1801.

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A Pogorzanie Zachodni granary from Ropczyce, circa 1880.

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The Greek-Catholic church of the Lemki region from Ropki near Wysowa, circa 1801.

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A Lemki farmstead from Zdynia, circa 1900, decorated with traditional motifs.

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Bokji wayside shrines

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A Pogorzanie Zachodni sawmill from Zdynia, circa 1900.

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A Pogorzanie Zachodni sawmill from Zdynia, circa 1900 with a canoe project in progress.

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A frozen Bojki watermill, circa 1850.

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Interior of a Greek-Catholic church from Graziowa near Ustrzyki Dolne, circa 1731.

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The frozen river San

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The smithy from Wyzne near Strzyzow, circa 1850.

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The parish priest's stable from Ropa near Gorlice, circa 1865. To be able to afford such a large stable clearly attest to the wealth of it's owner.

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The well in the parish priest's compound.

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The Roman Catholic church from Baczal Dolny near Jaslo, circa 1667. It is built from fir logs, hewed to shape with an axe.

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A windmill from Urzejowice near Przeworsk, circa 1902.

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A farmstead comprising of a house, barn and windmill from the Pogorze region, circa 1897-1923.

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A wayside shrine from Jaszczew, circa 1800.

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A Pogorzanie Zachodni cottage from Rzepiennik Strzyzewski, circa 1866.

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A Pogorzanie Wschodni school house from Wydrna near Brzozow, circa 1850.

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A Lemki village
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A Greek-Catholic church from Graziowa near Ustrzyki Dolne, circa 1731.

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Miscellaneous Information

The pictures taken using a Practica BC1 with a Tamrom AD2 35-70mm lens are prefixed with a P code. K coded pictures were taken with a Konica Z-Up 110 Super compact zoom. They have been scanned at 800dpi and are less than 2 mbytes.

Note: Usual copyright & disclaimers apply. If you would like to use the information or any of the pictures contained in these pages, contact Chris Tan by first removing the Walnut.


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