| Page Views: 2,232 Last Visit to Ringebu: August, 2004 | Ringebu Stav Kirke by Diana75 - last update: Mar 6, 2006 |
|  | Located in Oppland district, at an altitude of 182 m above the sea, the small town of Ringebu has no more than 4,700 inhabitants.
Due to its location, in the middle of Gudbrandsdal valley surrounded by Venabygdsfjellet Mountains, near the first national park of Norway, Rondane, Rinbegu is a good destination for the ones who love the nature and sport.
But Ringebu is famous mainly due to its old stave church, dating from 1220, one of the last 28 stave churches in Norway that survived until today and one of the biggest. |
Norwegian Stave churches
Beside the fact that the stave churches are one of the most important attractions of the country, in Norway is also the biggest number of churches that survived from ancient times.
The stave churches were built by the first Christians and had initially other features and forms. For example the windows were inexistent and the light entered only through small openings located in the upper part of the walls.
The persons attending the mass were standing and only the old and sick persons were sitting on banks located all along the walls.
Some of the stave churches of today still keep old representations and paintings presenting Scandinavian goddesses.
Also in some of the churches you'll find a Vikings ship model that's representing the journey of the dead person's soul from this life to the eternal one.
Stave churches in Norway, wooden churches in Romania
For me, as Romanian, the visit to some of Norway's stave churches was important for two reasons.
First of all, I couldn't miss at all these works of art, the oldest in the world.
Secondly, I definitely had the chance to make a comparison with the interesting wooden churches in the northern part of my country (the area called Maramures) also surviving from old times.
And both of them really worth a visit! | | |
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LoriPori Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:53 UTC
Enjoyed this page on Ringebu, especially the wonderful Stave churches. Great pics of the inside too. | matcrazy1 Sun Feb 18, 2007 00:55 UTC
Great descriptions and useful info. Stave churches (add fjords and breathtaking views) are among the best things to explore in Norway, I see. | Ben-UK Fri Mar 10, 2006 17:47 UTC
These stave churches are very interesting -- it must have been fascinating for the people who did the excavations in 1980, all the things they found there -- very nice page, thank you. | Matyas Thu Mar 9, 2006 22:57 UTC
Enjoyed reading your tips, thanks for this virtual tour. Seems a must for the next time. |
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