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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.
Gol Stave Church 1204–05, previously assumed 1170–1309. Borgund Stave Church 1180–1181, previously assumed 1150–1250. Kvernes Stave Church, 1633, previously believed to be from the Middle Ages, is the only known stave church in Norway built after the Reformation. [66]
In 1650, there were about 270 stave churches left in Norway, and over the next hundred years, 136 of them disappeared. Around the year 1800, there were still 95 existing stave churches, while over 200 former stave churches were still known by name or written sources (according to Lorentz Dietrichson).
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 ...
The design for the stave churches most likely developed from ritual houses. But the inside was highly decorated with intricate designs. Most of these designs depict Jesus, a cross, or the disciples. One of the most popular stave churches as recognized by UNESCO is the Urnes Stave Church, located in Sognefjord, Norway, which is still in use today.
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The method of wood stave construction evolved over several hundred years in Norway, [2] reaching their apex with the stave churches in the 13th century in Norway and into the 14th century in Iceland. Stave construction lent itself well to building the earlier large, multipurpose houses.
Many have thought that hofs probably looked like the early stave churches. [72] [73] [74] However, although excavations have found the remains of earlier palisade churches under many medieval Scandinavian churches, including two predecessors under the Urnes church, only under the church at Mære have traces of a heathen hof been found. In ...