Only 28 of Norway’s thousands of amazing unique medieval wooden Stave churches still exist. They are feats of design and engineering built entirely of wood with special joints and wooden pegs. They were usually beautifully decorated inside with patterns and pictures in bright colours.
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- Torpo Stavkyrkje (12thC) with the more modern church behind
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- Beautiful murals depict the life and matyrdom of St Margaret of Antioch
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- Torpo
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- The crucifix in Røldal,found in Krossfjord hundreds of years ago, is even older than the church and has been a focus for pilgrimage and healing
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- Røldal Stave church is 13thC
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- Røldal Church
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- Kvernes Stave Church
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- Vågå Stave Church was built in 1650
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