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Three churches have preceded todays church at Ornes.
It was built around 1130 AD, but the distinctive carvings on the north portal are from an even older church. Stavkyrkjeeigarforum has signed an agreement with National Trust of Norway, Sogn og Fjordane dept., on further development and operation of this website.Adult: 100, Children: 80, Family: 240, Group: 90 (Minimum 15), Student: 80, Pensioner: 90We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. The church expresses in wood how structures of Romanesque architecture were designed. By continuing to use our site you agree to our For a better user experience please enable localStorage or use a different browser. Samples taken from the base timbers show that the timber was felled between 1129 and 1131. Urnes Stave Church, the oldest of Norway's stave churches, is included on UNESCO's World Heritage List.
Samples taken from the base timbers show that the timber was felled between 1129 and 1131.
A hundred years would pass between the first and the fourth, the one we can visit today dates to around 1130.
The last of them was built in the second half of the 11th century. Urnes Stave Church, which is owned by the Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments, was added to the World Heritage List in 1980.
Urnes is possibly the oldest and most outstanding representative of the stave churches.
Great history and architecture in the oldest stave church. The society Stavekyrkjeeigarforum, org. The stave churches are unique and are Norway's most important contribution to world architecture.
Stave church, in architecture, type of wooden church built in northern Europe mainly during the Middle Ages.
Urnes Stave Church, the oldest of Norway's stave churches, is included on UNESCO's World Heritage List. You have been redirected to the nearest matching page within this section. Samples taken from the base timbers show that the timber was felled between 1129 and 1131. There was not an exact match for the language you toggled to. +47 57678840 Parts of this building have been incorporated into the present church: a portal, exterior planks and a corner stave, decorated with superb carvings that have been designated the Urnes style. Between 800 and 1,200 stave churches may have existed in the mid-14th century, at which time construction abruptly ceased. By the use of cylindrical columns … Nr. Statens Kartverk, Geovekst og kommuner - Geodata AS Urnes Stave Church – Norway’s oldest and most highly decorated stave church. On the long northern wall, magnificent original decorated sections from the third church have been incorporated.In 1979 Urnes Stave Church was included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.Stavechurch.com is the official website for Norway’s 28 remaining medieval stave churches.
Features of this page require a browser with localStorage enabled. It was built around 1130 AD, but the distinctive carvings on the north portal are from an even older church. 814193942, is responsible for the contents of this website.
By continuing to use our site you agree to ourCookies are used for measurement, ads and optimization. Besides the present church, there have been two other stave churches on the same site.