Stave church
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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 construction, a type of timber fram
Borgund Stave Church in Borgund in Lærdal Municipality. It is one of Norway's most visited stave churches.
Heddal Stave Church, Notodden Municipality, the largest stave church in Norway
Drawing during reconstruction of Gol stave church by T. Prytz, 1883
Holtålen Stave Church, drawing by Håkon Christie.
Borgund Stave Church
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Borgund Stave Church is a former parish church initially of the Catholic Church and later the Church of Norway in Lærdal Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It was built around the year 1200 as t
Stave church
…intermediate posts along the sides and details that mimic stone capitals. These churches give an impression of a basilica. The other subgroup is the Borgund group. In these churches the posts are connected halfway up with one or two horizontal double ″pincer beams″ with semicircular indentations, clasping the row…
View of the church
One of the four dragon heads that adorn the church's gable ridges
Drawing of Borgund stave church by G. A. Bull
Interior, showing arcade, supporting columns, "Saint Andrew's crosses" and gallery arches above