Nore stave church

Nore stave church (Nore stavkyrkje) is a stave church at Nore in Nore og Uvdal municipality, Numedal, Norway and was built after 1167 [http://www.riksantikvaren.no/Norsk/Fagemner/Bygninger/Kirker/Stavkirker/?module=Files;action=File.getFile;ID=4038] according to dendrochronological dating.

The church was built with galleries, a chancel and cross naves - an architectural style that was unique in Europe during the Middle Ages. It is called the Nummedals-type. The church also has a central mast, that was originally the support for a tower, mostly likely containing church bells. The walls and ceiling of the interior are decorated with murals, among them scenes from the Bible presented as riddles.

The chancel was replaced in 1683 and the spokes of the nave in the first half of 18th century.

In 1888 Lorentz Dietrichson become the owner of the church and two years later he donated it to Fortidsminneforeningen [http://www.fortidsminneforeningen.no/eiendom/nore.htm] .

References

* Nore stavkirke, Riksantikvarens stavkirkeprogram, Directorate for Cultural Heritage
* Nore stavkirke, Nore og Uvdal, Fortidsminneforeningens eiendommer

External links

* [http://www.fortidsminneforeningen.no/eiendom/nore.htm Nore stave church in Fortidsminneforeningen]
* [http://www.riksantikvaren.no/Norsk/Fagemner/Bygninger/Kirker/Stavkirker/?module=Files;action=File.getFile;ID=4038 Nore stave church, Directorate for Cultural Heritage] — in Norwegian
* [http://www.stavkirke.org/stavkirker/nore.html Nore stave church in Stavkirke.org] — in Norwegian
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBY5OxOx7rQ Nore stave church in a video about churches in Numedal] — in English