{"id":560,"date":"2014-11-26T10:13:36","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T10:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skjolden.snitt.demo1.no\/urnes-stavkyrkje-2\/"},"modified":"2015-06-07T13:47:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-07T13:47:05","slug":"urnes-stave-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skjolden.com\/en\/urnes-stave-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Urnes Stave Church"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-ef0420a97de9a69a5808fffdf5bafc56\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-ef0420a97de9a69a5808fffdf5bafc56{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-ef0420a97de9a69a5808fffdf5bafc56 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-ef0420a97de9a69a5808fffdf5bafc56 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-ef0420a97de9a69a5808fffdf5bafc56 av-special-heading-h1  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Urnes Stave Church<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class='flex_column av-av_one_half-2a9015ff38129c418a3f2eafba3e9512 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div '   ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Urnes Stave Church , the oldest of Norway&#8217;s stave churches, is included on UNESCO&#8217;s World Heritage List. It was built around 1130 AD, but the distinctive carvings on the north portal are from an even older church.<\/p>\n<p>Samples taken from the base timbers show that the timber was felled between 1129 and 1131. Besides the present church, there have been two other stave churches on the same site. The last of them was built in the second half of the 11th century.<\/p>\n<p>Parts of this building have been incorporated into the present church: a portal, exterior planks and a corner stave, decorated with superb carvings that have been designated the Urnes style.<\/p>\n<p>The stave churches are unique and are Norway&#8217;s most important contribution to world architecture. Urnes Stave Church, which is owned by the Society for the Preservation of Norwegian Ancient Monuments, was added to the World Heritage List in 1980.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>URNES STAVE CHURCH &amp; Visitor Centre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>N-6870 Urnes, Road Urnes \u2013 Skjolden \/ferry Solvorn \u2013 Urnes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Booking for groups; <a href=\"mailto:urnes@stavechurch.com\">urnes@stavechurch.com<\/a> tel. +47 57678840<\/p>\n<p>Season 02.05\u2013 30.09. Opening hours 10.30 &#8211; 17.45. 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