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Vereide Church
Church in Vestland, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vereide Church (Norwegian: Vereide kyrkje) is a medieval parish church of the Church of Norway in Gloppen Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is the only stone church in the Nordfjord region. It is located in the village of Vereide, along the eastern coast of the Gloppefjorden. It is one of the four churches for the Gloppen parish which is part of the Nordfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, stone church was built in a long church style in the 12th century by an unknown architect. The church seats about 460 people.[1][2]
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Vereide kyrkje | |
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61°48′29″N 6°08′31″E | |
Location | Gloppen Municipality, Vestland |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Previous denomination | Catholic Church |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 12th century |
Events | 1631: Major renovation |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | c. 1163 (861 years ago) (1163) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 460 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Diocese | Bjørgvin bispedømme |
Deanery | Nordfjord prosti |
Parish | Gloppen |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85807 |
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