Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Stavkirke

This Stavrkirke on Washington Island, Wisconsin, is both a replica from an ancient style of church construction common in Norway during medieval times and a tribute to Washington Island's Scandinavian heritage.  The Stavkirke shown above is patterned after the Borgund, Norway, church built in 1150 A.D. Of the more than 1,000 old stave churches that once existed, some thirty-three now remain.
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9 comments:

  1. Olivier12:40 AM

    surprenante cette vieille maison, elle pourrait etre sorti d'un vieux film d'horreur

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  2. jb1:31 AM

    We're going to have to ask Leif if you are telling porkies on this one...

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  3. Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com3:56 AM

    I am glad that you mentioned how few stave churches are left. We visited one in Norway and were saddened to learn that they actually had been tearing them down until some people decided that they should be saved.

    The architecture and draftsmanship are impressive and fascinating, but they are very dark and hard to photograph. How inconsiderate that the architects and builders did not anticipate the invention of photography.

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  4. Janet7:32 AM

    Very attractive and even more so with the daylilies and landscaping.

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  5. Sharon8:15 AM

    What interesting architecture!

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  6. Randy8:19 AM

    Interesting structure.

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  7. Judy1:19 PM

    This is amazing architecture. I have never seen anything quite like it.

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  8. Lynette1:09 AM

    What an interesting building and post. I've enjoyed catching up, browsing your recent posts. We have lots of mass transit construction going on here in Portland, too.

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  9. Kim3:52 PM

    That is amazing architecture. . .the stuff of fairy tale books. I just love it. Someday I hope to go to Sweden and maybe Norway (although in my neighborhood I feel like I'm in Norway a great deal of the time already :-). When I go I will now be able to look for and appreciate these ancient stave churches. What a find!
    -Kim

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