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A map of the 322 stave churches known in 1800 shows that there were the most stave churches in the least populated areas, while there are most stone churches in the cities, in the flat settlements (Østlandet and Trøndelag), along the coast and in the largest church parish in the fjords in Vestlandet. There were mostly stave churches in the ...
Today, 28 historical stave churches remain standing in Norway. Stave churches were particularly common in less populated areas in high valleys and forest land, and in fishermen's villages on islands and minor villages along fjords. By about 1800, 322 stave churches were still known in Norway, most of them in sparsely populated areas.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... List of stave churches in Norway; Lom Stave Church; Lomen Stave Church; N. Nore Stave ...
Þórarinsstaðir archaeological excavation in Seyðisfjörður, east Iceland (post church which predates stave church). [1] Norway. Atrå stave church; Aurland Stave church (Parts of it on display at Bergen Museum.) Austad stave church; Bagn stave church, Sør-Aurdal municipality, Norway (Portal on display at (?) in Copenhagen. There are still ...
Urnes Stave Church (Norwegian: Urnes stavkyrkje) is a 12th-century stave church at Ornes, along the Lustrafjorden in the municipality of Luster in Vestland county, Norway. The church sits on the eastern side of the fjord, directly across the fjord from the village of Solvorn and about five kilometres (3 mi) east of the village of Hafslo .
Borgund Stave Church, Norway. Established in the mid-12th century, the building incorporates over 2,000 pieces of wood. Much of the timber was carved to mimic the decorative elements popular on ...
Borgund Stave Church was bought by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments in 1877. The first guidebook in English for the stave church was published in 1898. From 2001, the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage has funded a program to research, restore, conserve and maintain stave churches. [23]
Gol Stave Church (Norwegian: Gol stavkirke) is a 12th century stave church originally from Gol in the traditional region of Hallingdal in Buskerud county, Norway. The reconstructed church is now a museum and is now located in the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History at Bygdøy in Oslo , Norway.