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Vågå Church is sometimes referred to as a stave church, but is the result of extensive reconstruction with reuse of materials from the rebuilt stave church. The existing stave churches are concentrated on the upper valley regions of Eastern Norway (Østlandet) including Gudbrandsdalen, Numedal, Hallingdal, Valdres, and Telemark.
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.
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During the Middle Ages all wooden churches in Norway (about 1,000 in total) were constructed as stave churches, with only 271 masonry constructions. [59] From the stave church period a small number of monumental buildings have survived, including important cultural heritage such as Borgund Stave Church , Urnes Stave Church and Hopperstad Stave ...
Vågå stave church is sometimes referred to as a stave church, but is the result of extensive reconstruction with reuse of materials from the demolished stave church. Original stave church was constructed in 1150, and was converted to a cruciform church in 1626–28.
Borgund Stave Church (Norwegian: Borgund stavkyrkje) is a former parish church initially of the Catholic Church and later the Church of Norway in Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway.
The wooden, triple nave stave church was built in a long church design around the year 1200 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 180 people. [1] [2] The church is one of the 28 surviving stave churches in Norway and it is considered to be the largest of the stave churches. [3]
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.