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Stave Church
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Stave Church

A Stave Church is a medieval wooden church, and can be found 28 places in Norway.

There is evidence suggesting that stave churches were built upon old Norse heathen, holy places or temples, which were destroyed after Christianity was introduced in Norway around the year 1000.

Urnes stave church is included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List of most valuable cultural memorials in the world.

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