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![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 142 W: 14 N: 524]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-s-g.gif) (3700) | A photo of the church's most photographed in Norway. I will not do if mailed atmosphere that emerged this cliché seduced me. My friends TE know my interest in fairy tales and legends. Faced with this medieval church, I wondered if a "Viking" was not going to get out of the haze or even a walkyrie. Freia the favorite of his father?
In the prologue to the saga of Olav Tryggvesson, written by Odd Snorrason, one can read that "it is better to listen to sagas that stories of cruel stepmother, such as those that shepherds are accustomed to storytelling. In these stories, it is impossible to share the truth. Furthermore, it is common that the king gets rather badly. "
The wooden churches standing are part of the architectural heritage of Norway. In the Middle Ages, there were thousands, now there were only 28. Among these few survivors, the church Borgund to Laerdal is considered the best preserved. Built in 1180, the church is particularly known for its architecture, its ornaments head of dragons and its roof typical of wooden churches standing in Norway. Several churches have been restored according to the model Borgund.
A model of the church before its restoration has also been exhibited at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889. It is now the National Technical Museum in Paris.
Between 1100 and 1300, a thousand wooden churches standing were built in Norway. It is still less than thirty. Although archaeologists have been able to prove that churches of this type had existed throughout Northern Europe, they have been preserved in southern Norway. This is the nineteenth century, thanks to the romantic paintings of Johannes Flintoe and J. C. Dahl, that one was made aware of their value. Architects undertook to identify and protect those who were threatened with destruction. In 1844, enthusiastic admirers founded the Society of Preservation of Ancient Monuments Norwegians, responsible for ensuring the older buildings on the most significant. At present, the same association maintains eight churches drinks stand. Four others were transferred to museums in the open air.
The traditional method of construction called lafting, consists of a horizontal logs assembly adapted to each other by means of notches, to mount the massive walls. In addition, the technique of standing timber uses a frame consisting of vertical posts. This device is supplemented by long vertical planks (staver).
Of the buildings, the oldest, poles were planted directly into the soil, which had the effect of rotting wood on its base. Thereafter, the builders of churches tried to remedy this problem by building a base or a sock horizontal beams laid on stone foundations. All vertical elements (including the most important posts, called masts) were then inserted into notches arranged in the sole, each wall being supported by a number of posts ranging between two and four. The top of each pole, about 8 or 9 m above the ground, was attached to a structure arrivals through elbows and crosses of St. Andrew. Portions important frameworks now the walls were manufactured on the ground, then mounted one by one, perpendicular to the basement. The result is a space inside cubic form.
There are several kinds of wooden churches standing. The simplest do a nave and a choir of small dimensions. The roof rests on the walls. Some churches have a high central mast to support an arrow, while strengthening the balance of walls. The construction of the largest and most complex include a central space remarkable for its height, supported by independent poles, and surrounded by a gallery lower. The various entrances onto the nave are often decorated with a tangle of ornaments carved in wood. |
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