The Filial Greek Catholic Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Dubne
Dubne, 33-370 Dubne
Tourist region: Beskid Sądecki i Niski
The West Lemko-type church was built in 1863 on the site of a church destroyed by fire in 1673. It was renovated in 1929, and the roof was subsequently repaired in 2011 as part of a campaign to protect a rare species of European bat – the Lesser Horseshoe Bat, whose breeding colony is located in the attic. The work was carried when Lesser Horseshoe Bats were wintering in the caves.
It is a timber-framed building with shingled walls, a single-nave, tripartite structure with a chancel narrower than the nave and without a vestry. The tower of post-and-frame construction has sloping walls and an apparent chamber in the extension of the babinets. The roofs, tented and ridge-top multi-pitched and gabled, are broken at the bottom with a dodger, are shingled and covered with sheet metal. They are crowned by three bulbous turrets with apparent lanterns.
Tented domes can be seen in the nave and chancel, while the granary has a flat ceiling. The church furnishings mainly date from the 19th century. The interior is decorated with ornamental figural polychromes from the late 19th century. The Rococo-classical iconostasis was created at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries; six icons were painted or repainted by Antoni Bogdański in 1895. The most valuable icon is the 'Crucifixion and Deposition of Christ in the Tomb'.
The church is located on the Architecture Route in Małopolska.