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A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel ...
To facilitate construction, an accurate 3-dimensional model was made first. Drawings based on the model were used for making all of the components in Vågå before they were brought to Holmenkollen by road and assembled as a kit. The chapel has new stave church features, and benefits from dragestil wood carvings. [8]
Gol New Stave Church. As part of Gordarike Family Park in Gol, a faithful copy of the stave church was built in 1995, called Gol New Stave Church. While the original stave church stood high and free up on the mountainside, the copy stands at the bottom of the valley, near the center of Gol. [10]
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.
The Hopperstad Stave Church Replica is a replica of a Norwegian stave church located on the grounds of the Hjemkomst Center. The church was built in 1998 by Guy Paulson and was constructed of cedar, redwood, and pine. It is a full-scale replica of the 12th Century Hopperstad Stave Church in Vik, Norway.
The volunteer-led construction of the church began in 1983 and was modeled after the Borgund Stave Church in Borgund, Lærdal, Norway, which was built in 1150.It was created to reflect the Scandinavian heritage of Washington Island and was originally proposed by James Reiff, who was the acting pastor of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran church from 1978–1985.
Fåvang Stave Church in Ringebu, Oppland – rebuilt in 1630 (two old churches rebuilt as one). Gol New Stave Church (replica), a replica erected in the 1990s at site in the community from which Gol Stave Church was relocated in the 1880s. Haltdalen Stave Church (replica), a copy of the old church at Sverresborg museum. Our Lady of Good Counsel ...
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