Ortel Królewski I & II

This is a small village in 2 parts, with a delightful wooden church at the midway point between the two villages. Ortel Krolewski I has a lot of traditional wooden houses (which I hope to return and photograph soon!), while Ortel Krolewski II has more buildings of more recent construction. The economies of both villages are firmly set in agriculture, and the surrounding countryside is relatively flat and a mixture of fields and small woods. Most of the village is located on a relatively straight road, although there are also numerous small farmsteads in the surrounding countryside.

One view of Ortel Krolewski II.

Another view of Ortel Krolewski II

The wooden church between the 2 villages. This church was originally an Orthodox one, but later became a Uniate one. Later still it became a Roman Catholic one, to which it remains until the present. The architecture of the main part of the building is quite simple, while the tower on the front is pure rural Orthodox.
The interior of the church has many wall murals, and the altars are quite plainly Baroque (Baroque style tends towards curves instead of the hard angles of Gothic, Classic etc). Much of the present wall paintings probably date from the time it was a Uniate or a Roman Catholic as the inscriptions are in Polish.

These are what are carried on processions, such as for Boze Cialo (Corpus Christi).

This is possibly where the priest lives (or lived), it is located just opposite the church and it is where the church door key is kept.

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