Klesztów

Klesztów [ˈklɛʂtuf] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żmudź, within Chełm County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland.

[1] It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Żmudź, 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Chełm, and 83 km (52 mi) east of the regional capital Lublin.

In Klesztów, there is a former Uniate, now Roman Catholic, church of the Assumption of Mary with illusionistic monumental paintings (1772) signed by painter Gabriel Sławiński [pl].

[2] He also could be the author of two icons in the side altars (Saint Luke Evangelist, The Communion of Saint Onuphrius).

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