Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Norwegian Stave Churches


Boat construction and home building in the Viking times had developed the technique and tradition of combining art with wood working. This culminated in the stave churches. There are several types of stave churches but the common element to all of them is that they have corner-posts (�staves�) and a skeleton or framework of timber with wall planks standing on sills. Link…

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