I live in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and like my own ancestors who were of Norwegian decent, there are a lot of other families who's grand parents or great grand parents had emigrate to our country eons ago. With my Dad's grand parents, it was 1873. One of our universities here in Sioux Falls is Augustana, and on the grounds of this campus is sort of an outdoor museum, with one of these stave churches that has been rebuilt or preserved.
Thanks Goldie, I so much enjoy traveling the world with you all.
Thanks for sharing those pictures of a magnificent building.
goforthegold wrote:
A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building in Norway. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts are called stafr in Old Norse (stav in modern Norwegian).
Really nice series of a very unique church
Thanks for the fine photos and the very interesting narrative.
goforthegold wrote:
A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building in Norway. The name derives from the building's structure of post and lintel construction, a type of timber framing where the load-bearing ore-pine posts are called stafr in Old Norse (stav in modern Norwegian).
Very nice photos. Where was the church in Norway? We were on a cruise in Norway last July and it is such a beautiful country.
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