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Village in Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland
Soce
Village
Orthodox chapel of Elijah the Prophet in SoceOrthodox chapel of Elijah the Prophet in Soce
Soce is located in PolandSoceSoce
Coordinates: 52°57′N 23°24′E / 52.950°N 23.400°E / 52.950; 23.400
Country Poland
VoivodeshipPodlaskie
CountyHajnówka
GminaNarew

Soce is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narew, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-west of Narew, 27 km (17 mi) north-west of Hajnówka, and 25 km (16 mi) south-east of the regional capital Białystok.

The village is inhabited mostly by Orthodox Belarusians who use Podlachian language.

An ethnographic-tourist project called "The Land of Open Shutters" is realized in Soce. The main objective of this project is to preserve an original wooden architecture of cabin-like old cottages with intricately carved ornaments like vibrant and colourful shutters or dynamically designed edge guards.

Despite the recently increased modernisation, the traditional architecture is still in evidence.

The Land of Open Shutters in Soce

References

  1. "Central Statistical Office (GUS) – TERYT (National Register of Territorial Land Apportionment Journal)" (in Polish). 2008-06-01.
Gmina Narew
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