Sira Church (Nesset)
| Sira Church / Eresfjord Church | |
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| Sira kyrkje / Eresfjord kyrkje | |
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  Sira Church / Eresfjord Church Location in Møre og Romsdal  Sira Church / Eresfjord Church Sira Church / Eresfjord Church (Norway) | |
| 62°39′59″N 8°06′49″E / 62.6663°N 8.1135°E | |
| Location | Nesset Municipality, Møre og Romsdal |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination | Church of Norway |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Style | Octagonal |
| Completed | 1869 |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 307 |
| Materials | Wood |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Møre |
| Deanery | Indre Romsdal prosti |
| Parish | Eresfjord |
Sira Church or Eresfjord Church (Norwegian: Sira kyrkje/Eresfjord kyrkje) is a parish church in Nesset Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the village of Eresfjord. The church is part of the Eresfjord parish in the Indre Romsdal deanery in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden, octagonal church was built in 1869. The church seats around 307 people.[1][2]
History
There was a stave church in Eresfjord in the Middle Ages, but that church was torn down and replaced with a new cruciform church around 1710. That church stood until 1868 when it was then later replaced with the current octagonal church.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Sira kyrkje, Eresfjord". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ "Sira kyrkje" (in Norwegian). Kulturnett: Møre og Romsdal. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
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