Norwegian Stave Church by danapommet
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Description
Norwegian Stave churches were built, starting around 1050, when Saint Olaf brought Christianity to Norway. These impressive buildings were a blend of Christian symbols and Viking images. Note the wooden dragon heads decorating the eaves. Of the estimated 1,000 Norwegian Stave churches built in the Middle Ages, only 28 survive today. Well worth a ZOOM.
Another shot from a film camera and recently scanned.
Thanks for stopping by, taking a look and for all your previous favs and comments.
They are very much appreciated.
Dana
Comments (31)
Wow, those look like the prows from Viking ships...great building, great capture!
Always very interesting to travel. There will always be places filled with good things. Bravo and thanks for sharing mile((5++)) Toujours très intéressant de voyager .il y aura toujours des endroits remplis de bonnes choses comme . Bravo et mile mercis de partager
Wonderful capture! very impressive building
Awesome capture!
Impressive! Superb POV, clarity, patterns and textures in this magnificent foto, Dana! That may be Christian and Viking architecture, but it sure borders on what you might also find in Japan.
Wonderful capture! :)
Very cool work in this. Nice capture!
such wonderful strength. The dragon heads remind me of the viking ships...
Quite a different structure - very interesting!
well captured
A wonderful design! It would make a great project for those British prisons where the hobby of matchstick modelling is still on the go.
Wonderful capture
superb!!
great historic church!
Outstanding capture. Almost looks asian.
Wouldn't be out of place in Japan, lovely church!!!!
its a very beautiful building very Viking influenced great shot
This is really a divine place Danna!!! Marvelous shot, loved the atmosphere, well done!
interessant!!
Very interesting historical church
Very beautiful capture.
splendid image!!
Excellent shot and subject, well done...
wonderful shot, i know that church!
Superb church and capture.
Amazing structure. At first I thought it was of either Chinese of Japanese origin. Gorgeous shot.
lol thought it was china stuff first. this is wonderful shot
WOWWWW wonderful design & splendid image!!!!!!
Dana, I've travelled to Norway and seen this church, thanks for sharing this was a real memory jogger.
This is wonderful! I'm always dismayed when history shows Christianity completely displacing native cultural identity and stamping its own on the vacant spot (thus changing an entire culture) and so I'm really happy to see something like this. A church with dragon-heads! Who would have thought it? The architecture of the church is astonishing and I'm glad this is one of the few that survived. Zooming in on this is fantastic, and I must say that this is a place I'd love to see for myself! Marvelous!