- Build around the 12th century, Borgund Stave Church is one of the most well preserved of the 28 stave churches in Norway.
- Borgund Stave Church. Website:http://www.stavkirke.info/stavkirker/borgund/. View Larger Map. Borgund Stave Church. Legal Notice.
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- 4 Interior of the beautiful Borgund stave church
- 7 The church is open to the public
- Built between 1180 and 1250 AD, Borgund Stave Church is a 12-century wooden church and the best preserved among the 28 stave churches in Norway.
- The Borgund stave-church, Lærdal municipality, in 1902, and again in 2004. ... In the Middle Ages, there were around 2000 stave-churches in Norway.
- Borgund stave church was bought by Fortidsminneforeningen in 1877. The first guidebook in English for the stave church was published in 1898.
- Borgund Stave Church. A historic glimpse. In 1180 there was great activity in Borgund: they were going have a new church.
- History: Borgund Stave Church dates back to 1180 when it was first mentioned in written sources from the Norwegian King Sverre Sigurdson.
- Borgund stave church is a remarkable survival from a bygone age. Built entirely from wood between 1150 and 1180 it has stood for around 850 years as a living...
- In fact, some of the most stunning landmarks today, were designed in the name of religion and Borgund Stave Church makes no exception.