This is one of the best-known and most attractive villages in the Lemko region, located in the valley of the Bartne Creek, between the Magura Wątkowska Range and the Magurycza Ridge. Founded by Wallachians in the 16th century, the settlement was mentioned in 1629 and was called a stonemason's village, as its inhabitants specialised in this trade. Stone was used to make grave crosses, monuments, wayside shrines, millstones, querns, whetstones, and underpinnings. The most remarkable development of stonemasonry was at the turn of the 20th century when several stonemasonry companies were active in the village. Residents also engaged in other crafts. There were several oil mills, two water mills, carpentry shops, and workshops for furriers, weavers, and tailors. Their products were sold in the surrounding villages. Residents spent their leisure time in three inns. Two Orthodox churches watched over the spirituality of the inhabitants. The older Greek Catholic Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian, dating from 1842, is a branch of the Karwacjan and Gładysz Manor Museum in Gorlice. The second Orthodox Church of Saints Cosmas and Damian was built in 1928. The entire village was displaced after the Second World War as part of Operation Vistula.In the late 1950s, some Lemko families returned to the village, and have remained there to this day.

The wooden buildings of the village are formed by the so-called ‘chyże’, or Lemko cottages, which housed the entire household under one roof. The building was into a room and chamber on one side and a stable, cowshed or sheepfold on the other. The attic usually stored hay or grain. There are 28 wooden historic buildings preserved in the village.