Among the wooden churches in Poland the churches of Southern Małopolska (Little Poland) constitute a special "enclave" situated in an area where two cultures meet, that of the
Roman Catholic West and that of the Orthodox East.

The wooden churches of southern Little Poland represent outstanding examples of the different aspects of medieval church-building traditions in Roman Catholic culture. Built using the horizontal log technique, common in eastern and northern Europe since the Middle Ages, these churches were sponsored by noble families and became status symbols. They offered an alternative to the stone structures erected in urban centres. The churches are considered to bear an exceptional testimony to the tradition of church building from the Middle Ages.
The churches have also been preserved in the context of the vernacular village and landscape setting.

The six medieval wooden churches of Binarowa, Blizne, Debno, Haczow, Lipnica Murowana, and Sekowa have been placed on the UNESCO's list of The World Heritage.