Stave Church in Lom
by Heiko Koehrer-Wagner
Title
Stave Church in Lom
Artist
Heiko Koehrer-Wagner
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Lom Stave Church (Norwegian: Lom stavkyrkje) is a stave church located in Lom municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. Lom is situated in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal.
The church is a triple nave stave church that uses free standing inner columns to support a raised section in the ceiling of the main nave. This type of church is amongst the oldest Stave Churches.
The church dates to approximately second part of 12th century. It was rebuilt into a cruciform church during the 17th century, which gave it the appearance it has retained since.
This stave church is actually one of just a very few stave churches of which the original medieval crest with a dragon head still survives.
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February 5th, 2012
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