Lipnica Murowana
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Lipnica Murowana l is a village in southern Poland. It lies approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) south-east of Bochnia
Bochnia
Bochnia is a town of 30,000 inhabitants on the river Raba in southern Poland. The town lies approximately in halfway [] between Tarnów and the regional capital Kraków . Bochnia is most noted for its salt mine, the oldest functioning in Europe, built circa 1248...

 and 48 km (30 mi) south-east of the regional capital Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

. It is the seat of the district called Gmina Lipnica Murowana
Gmina Lipnica Murowana
Gmina Lipnica Murowana is a rural gmina in Bochnia County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. Its seat is the village of Lipnica Murowana, which lies approximately south-east of Bochnia and south-east of the regional capital Kraków.The gmina covers an area of , and as of 2006 its...

, within Bochnia County
Bochnia County
Bochnia County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Bochnia, which lies ...

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The village is the site of Saint Leonard
Saint Leonard
-Saints:* Saint Leonard of Noblac * Saint Leonard of Port Maurice -Canada:* Saint-Leonard, Quebec, a former city and now a borough of Montreal, Quebec, Canada* Saint Leonard, New Brunswick, Canada...

's church, built in the end of 16th century. This is one of the six Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
Wooden Churches of Southern Little Poland
Wooden Churches of Southern Lesser Poland and Subcarpathia of the UNESCO inscription are located in Gorlice, Nowy Targ, Bochnia counties , and Brzozów County and are in Binarowa, Blizne, Dębno, Haczów, Lipnica Dolna, and Sękowa...

, on the UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...

 list of World Heritage Sites since 2003.
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