Idestrup Church, Idestrup, Denmark

Idestrup Church built in the Romanesque style dates from the 12th century. With its whitewashed walls, rounded windows and a red tiled roof it stands in the middle of the town. There is a crucifix from the 14th century and memorial epitaphs from the early 17th century.

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Nadir Kinossian (2 years ago)
The cemetery around the church was absolutely beautiful.

Kenneth Olsen (2 years ago)
Nice and beautiful church, with a good priest

Birthe Behrensdorff Larsen (2 years ago)
Nice little church, just a shame that two Christmas trees covered the bride and groom, so we couldn't see them during the wedding. Sincerely Birth

Klaus Lundberg (3 years ago)
There is nothing that beckons like Idestrup in folk clothes, races, ages and all genders. Mosegaarden's children and a single, young and well-groomed man stand in front of the church and wait for today's protagonists to step out with a clear conscience. God has just told them that it may well be that they do not believe in him. But he believes in them. He repeats this just in case, before the children become first young, then adults and later completely impossible. No matter what. The Almighty sits in the sidecar for the rest of his life. No strings attached, as they say abroad.

Nadir Kinossian (4 years ago)
The church was closed but the cemetery around it was absolutely beautiful.

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