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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 settlements that were less mountainous (Østlandet and Trøndelag), along the coast, and in the largest church parish in the fjords in Vestlandet. There were mostly stave ...
Borgund Stave Church in Borgund, Lærdal, is one of Norway's most visited stave churches. Heddal Stave Church, Notodden, the largest stave church in Norway. A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe.
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 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) ... Pages in category "Stave churches in Norway"
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 .
Fantoft Stave Church was threatened with demolition, as were hundreds of other stave churches in Norway. Fantoft Stave Church was bought by consul Fredrik Georg Gade and saved by moving it in pieces to Fana near Bergen in 1883. Outside the church stands a stone cross from Tjora in Sola. [2] [3] On 6 June 1992, the church was destroyed by arson ...
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]