ARCHITECTURE OF POLISH TATARS - LOCAL IDENTITY AND HERITAGE
Journal: International Journal of Conservation Science
Year: 2023

Poland has very few historical architectural structures representing the culture of Islam. Islamic influences, especially reflected in the clothing and armament of the 17th century, and the existence of few but very well integrated communities of assimilated Tatars (the Lipka Tatars or the Lipkas) contributed to the creation of unique urban development and sacral development in the east of Poland. The villages of Kruszyniany and Bohoniki are places of special importance where works of art and ar