Holt Church
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Holt Church | |
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Holt kirke | |
View of the church | |
58°36′25″N 8°52′16″E / 58.6069°N 08.8712°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. 1100 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 430 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Agder og Telemark |
Deanery | Aust-Nedenes prosti |
Parish | Holt |
Holt Church (Norwegian: Holt kirke) is a parish church in Tvedestrand municipality in Aust-Agder county, Norway. It is located just south of the village of Fiane. It is the church for the Holt 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 1100. The church seats about 430 people. It was originally built in a "long church" style, but later in 1753 the church was renovated and expanded and in a cruciform style.[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ "Holt kirke, Tvedestrand". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2018-01-02.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2018-01-02.