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Stave Church is a type of wooden building, dating from Mediaeval times, once common throughout north-western Europe but now found almost exclusively in
Norway. The name derives from the post ('stave') and lintel construction. Many of those remaining carry carvings and decoration showing distinct pre-Christian Norse influences.
Fantoft Stave Church is a faithful reconstruction of a twelfth century building. The original was moved to Fantoft, now a suburb of Bergen, and put back together there in the nineteenth century, but was burnt down in an arson attack in 1992. It is now purely a heritage site but some of the other stave churches are still used for Christian services.
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| the leper window from outside |
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| the leper window from inside |
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