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Mære Church Mære kirke 
View of the churchLocation in Nord-Trøndelag
Mære ChurchCoordinates: 63°56′02″N 11°23′41″E / 63.9338°N 11.3947°E Location Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Completed c. 1150 Specifications Capacity 250 Materials Stone Administration Parish Mære Deanery Nord-Innherad Diocese Diocese of Nidaros Mære Church (Norwegian: Mære kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Steinkjer in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mære. The church is part of the Mære parish in the Nord-Innherad deanery in the Diocese of Nidaros.
The stone church was built during the 1100s on a pre-Christian place of worship that was mentioned in the old Norse sagas. Several renovations and restorations have been undertaken over the years, most recently in the 1960s.[1]
See also
- List of churches in Nord-Trøndelag
References
- ^ "Mære kirke" (in Norwegian). Steinkjerleksikonet. http://www.steinkjerleksikonet.no/index.php?artikkel=523. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
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