Here are the more spectacular Stavkirkes ('stav shirka') from our first 'pilgrimage'. You would think that Stave Churches (english translation) were defined by the wooden exterior, wooden shingles, the exterior intricate design ... but you would be wrong.
In Wikipedia it states:
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) have lent their name to the building technique. Related church types are post church and churches with palisade walls.
So pretty much named after a freaking post holding the entire thing up (that 'load bearing post' up there in the definition) in the interior of the church. I think the outsides are very pretty, though. Some were just butt ugly and I didn't care that they were by definition Stavkirkes, they just didn't make the cut.
In Wikipedia it states:
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) have lent their name to the building technique. Related church types are post church and churches with palisade walls.
So pretty much named after a freaking post holding the entire thing up (that 'load bearing post' up there in the definition) in the interior of the church. I think the outsides are very pretty, though. Some were just butt ugly and I didn't care that they were by definition Stavkirkes, they just didn't make the cut.
Heddal
Heddal Interior
Nore
Rollag
Torpo
Udval 
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Love love love the variegated slate roof on Torpo.
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