Novelty Saturday – Stave Churches

A stave church is a medieval wooden church with a post and beam construction related to timber framing. The wall frames are filled with vertical planks. The load-bearing posts (stafr in Old Norse, stav in Norwegian) have lent their name to the building technique. Related church types are post churches and churches with palisade walls. All of the surviving stave churches except one are or were in Norway, but related church types were once common all over northwestern Europe.

Gol Stave Church (Birds Eye)
Gol Stave Church

Gol Stave Church (StreetView)
Gol Stave Church
Ringebu stave church (StreetView)
Ringebu stave church

Høyjord stave church (StreetView)
Høyjord stave church

Fåvang stave church (StreetView)
Fåvang stave church

Torpo stave church (StreetView)
Torpo stave church
Flesberg stave church (StreetView)
Flesberg stave church

Hedared stave church (StreetView)
Hedared stave church
Heddal stave church (StreetView)
Heddal stave church

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