Steigen Church, Steigen, Norway

The Steigen stone church was originally built around the year 1250, and it has since been renovated and expanded several times. In the 17th century the church was damaged several times by storms and lightning. The interior was changed in the late 1800s when it was restored. The chandelier dates from 1684. Between 1963-1965 the church was restored to the medieval appearance. The present church seats about 400 people.

References:

Wikipedia

Address

Fylkesveg 638 60, Steigen, Norway

See all sites in Steigen

Details

Founded: c. 1250
Category: Religious sites in Norway

More Information

en.wikipedia.org

Rating

4.5/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

User Reviews

Torgeir Rye (3 years ago)
Very pretty church and cemetery.

Ann-Helen Pettersen (4 years ago)
Nice church. Special stone church. The cemetery. Slightly rare stones, where relatives use names on both sides of the stone for those who have died.

Andreas Nyman (5 years ago)
Incredibly beautiful old church with a lot of history! Whether you are interested in churches or not, it is interesting from a historical perspective.

Boye Eilertsen (5 years ago)
Here, unfortunately, you see how the government saves money on maintenance. But get in Beautiful old church

Juuzou Suzuya (6 years ago)
Flott sted. Veldig gammel kirke og gammel kirkegård og historie. Vert ett besøk.

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Photo from Flickr, copyright CONTROTONO

Historic Site of the week

Clementinum

The Clementinum is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries, the City Library also being located nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. The Technical library and the Municipal library have moved to the Prague National Technical Library at Technická 6 since 2009. It is currently in use as the National Library of the Czech Republic.

Its history dates from the existence of a chapel dedicated to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1556 to a Jesuit college. In 1622 the Jesuits transferred the library of Charles University to the Klementinum, and the college was merged with the University in 1654. The Jesuits remained until 1773, when the Klementinum was established as an observatory, library, and university by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.

Steigen Church