Heimaey stave church
The Stave Church Heimaey is on the Vestmannaeyjar belonging Icelandic island Heimaey .
The church is a modern copy of a medieval stave church . The building, designed in Lom, Norway, based on the Haltdalen stave church and shipped to Iceland, was given to Iceland on July 30, 2000 as a gift from Norway . It was built to commemorate the millennium in memory of the church built on Iceland in 1000 by the Norwegian King Olav I Tryggvason ; however, this church was not a stave church. Olav I was one of the first Christian kings in Norway and promoted Christianization in Norway.
Individual evidence
- ^ Guðjón Eyjólfsson: Vestmannaeyjar . Ferðafélag Íslands, árbók 2009, p. 66
Web links
Commons : Heimaey Stave Church - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Coordinates: 63 ° 26 '39.3 " N , 20 ° 15' 40.3" W.