Poryte [pɔˈrɨtɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Stawiski, within Kolno County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland.
The local Catholic church and parish was erected by nobleman Paweł Radzanowski[2] in 1386.
[2] During the January Uprising, on February 24, 1864, it was the site of a battle between Polish insurgents and Russian troops.
[3] In 1884, the wedding of painter Wojciech Kossak and Maria née Kisielnicka, parents of painter Jerzy Kossak and poets Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska and Magdalena Samozwaniec, took place in Poryte.
[4] The village is also the resting place of several of their ancestors from the Kisielnicki family of Topór coat of arms.