Dypvåg Church
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Dypvåg Church | |
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Dypvåg kirke | |
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58°37′35″N 9°03′08″E / 58.6263°N 09.0523°E | |
Location | Tvedestrand, Aust-Agder |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Unknown |
Architectural type | Cruciform |
Completed | c. 1200 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 500 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Aust-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Dypvåg |
Dypvåg Church (Norwegian: Dypvåg kirke) is a parish church in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Dypvåg. It is the church for the Dypvåg parish which is part of the Aust-Nedenes prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, stone church was built around the year 1200, with large stone walls that are about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) thick. The church seats about 500 people. In 1700, the church was expanded to the sides, giving the church a cruciform style.[1][2]
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References
- ^ "Dypvåg kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-01-02.