The Wang Church (Świątynia Wang) is a wooden Protestant sanctuary that stands on the Polish side of the Giant Mountains in the town of Karpacz.
The Wang Church is a so-called stavkirke – a columned church, the truss of which is not supported by perimeter walls, but by tall columns. These are left in a machined form for twelve years in the rain and wind and then impregnated with charcoal tar. The columns modified in this way last for more than 800 years.
There were once thousands of churches of this type in Norway, but only thirty of them have survived to the present day. These are monuments of primary importance for this Nordic country.
