borgund stave church dimensions Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/borgund-stave-church-dimensions Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:01:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 BORGUND STAVE CHURCH NORWAY http://toursmaps.com/borgund-stave-church-norway.html http://toursmaps.com/borgund-stave-church-norway.html#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:59:16 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=221072 ARCHITECT UNKNOWN The stave churches of Norway are masterpieces of architecture, built almost entirely of wood. The finest examples of them are tall buildings with multiple tiered roofs, such as the one at Borgund in southwestern Norway. Stave churches first appeared following the arrival of Christianity during the reign of King Haaken the Good (c. 934-61 ce). Most buildings of the time in Scandinavia were made from wood, and the builders of the region’s first churches used their traditional material to create places of worship with a unique atmosphere. At first, Norway’s early Christians built their churches by constructing walls

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