Old Årdal Church
| Old Årdal Church | |
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| Årdal gamle kyrkje | |
Ryfylke prosti | |
| Parish | Årdal |
| Type | Church |
| Status | Automatically protected |
| ID | 85978 |
Old Årdal Church (
Ryfylke prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Stavanger. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1620 using designs by an unknown architect. The church seats about 175 people.[1][2]
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1308, but the
consecrated in 1620. The new building was constructed using some of the reused materials from the previous church on the same general site. Part of the foundation under the southwest corner of the church was the same foundation for the medieval stave church.[3]
The church served this area from its completion date in 1620 until 1919 when the new
Media gallery
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Baptismal font -
Door lock
See also
References
- ^ a b "Årdal gamle kyrkje, Ryfylke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
- ^ a b "Årdal gamle kyrkjestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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