An integral church from the middle age in Norway
Published by Asya in Cultural, Europe, Monuments, Norway, Sightseeings
Borgund has become famous as the Norwegian stave church par excellence and for that reason has also been used to symbolise Norway in many contexts – from T-shirts and mugs to postage stamps and banknotes. The church site shows evidence of a previous building, which can point to an earlier church or perhaps an old pagan temple that had been taken into use as a church. The interior of the church, except for the pulpit and the altarpiece, is mainly free from the post-Reformation decorations seen in most other stave churches. An authentic medieval square shaped baptismal font made of soapstone is still a part of the interior. Only 28 of these churches remain today.
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