Soce, Poland

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

Soce [ˈsɔt͡sɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Narew, within Hajnówka County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.

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.

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