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Fantoft Stave Church

Fantoft stavkirke

Fantoft Stave Church is a wooden stave church standing in the Fana borough of Bergen, Norway. The building is a reconstruction of a medieval church originally built around 1150 at Fortun; it was moved to Fantoft in the 19th century, destroyed by arson in 1992 and rebuilt in the 1990s.

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First raised

1101

Its prime

1150

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1150

What Fantoft Stave Church looked like in its prime.

A tall, multi-tiered wooden stave church with steep, overlapping shingle roofs forming stepped eaves and a central tower topped by a slender spire and weather-vane. Dark tarred vertical plank walls rise from a low stone base; rows of closely set wooden shingles create a fish-scale texture on the roofs. Elaborate carved dragon-head bargeboards project from the gables. The church sits amid trees and grass, with a medieval stone cross set on a small mound nearby.

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6 places to explore in 1150.

The record describes 6 distinct spots at Fantoft Stave Church, including 1 interior: interior axial view into the nave. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Exterior approach (southwest)Multi-tiered roof and eavesDragon-head gable carvingsCentral tower and spireStone cross beside the churchInterior axial view into the nave

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