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  • Stave Churches

    visiting some of the oldest and best preserved Stave Churches in Norway

    Location: 

    Borgund, Norway

    Duration: 

    Tuesday, August 18, 2015

    Personal highlights

    1. Stave Church: unique medieval wooden Christian churches in Europeinfo-icon
    2. History: built only in medieval northwestern Europe until the year 1500
    3. Remains: with nearly 2,000 Churches, Norwayinfo-icon had the most - only 28 survived
    4. Borgund Stave Church: the best preserved and restored Stave Church in Norway
    5. Gol Stave Church: beautiful replica of an old Stave Church in an open-air museum

    Image sources

    1. Gol Stave Church
    2. Drawing of a Stave Church
    3. Original Wooden Decoration
    4. Jesus painting in a Stave Church
    5. Graveyard next to a Stave Church