Portal, Borgund Stave Church, Borgund, Vestland, Norway
Main entrance portal, detail of wooden carvings of interlaced vines and dragons biting each other, at Borgund Stave Church, or Borgund stabkyrkje, a medieval wooden church built 1180-1250, at Borgund, Laerdal, Vestland, Norway. The church is a Sogn type church with a triple nave and a stave-built freestanding bell tower. It is now a museum run by the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Norwegian Monuments. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14109756
Media ID
45690276
Size
6128px x 8268px
(26.5MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
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1180-1250 Borgund Interlaced Laerdal Nordic Norse Portal Preservation Stave Stavkirke Stavkyrkje Vestland Vine
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