This black church is named Stave Church and I'm not really sure what the name means. In Icelandic, it is called Stafkirkjan. It's located on the island of Heimaey, in Iceland, and was the last location we were able to visit before we had to catch a ferry back to the mainland.
It was gifted to Iceland by Norwegians to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Iceland's conversion to Christianity. Norwegians built it with ultimate care and attention to detail. Every piece of this building is hand-crafted. It is a replica of the first church built on the Vestmannaeyjar islands, before the conversion to Christianity.
Here are some more photos from different angles of this church.
It is surrounded by quite a dramatic scenery as you can see from the photos.
Right next to the church is also a Landlyst museum. You can see the small part of this building in the photo above at the bottom right corner. It dont really know what museum it is exactly or what landlyst means.
All the solidified lava behind the church flowed there in the year of 1973 when the big eruption happened on the island.
In the photo below you can see a structure that was a water tank at some point but oncoming lava flow destroyed most of it, along with hundreds of houses.
What amazing craftmanship and workmanship. Beautiful!
Indeed quite a work they have done!
Such old buildings are very beautiful and this church looks very beautiful and it is built in such a place. Found in Grassy.
Its not an old building.
Thanks for the correction.
Did you get to go inside? It looks like a beautiful place to worship :) However there should be more windows, so people can appreciate Creation while doing so.
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Nah, I didn't get to go inside, would have loved to see it though. I didn't try the door but I'm pretty sure that it was locked.
I'd have at least checked 😂 Maybe next time :)
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We were in a hurry to catch the ferry so checking doors didn't cross my mind too much lol.
The environment looks so serene and the photographs did justice to it.
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That’s a fascinating place in more ways than one, the lava flow spared the church. No windows? Someone else noted that and it seems unusual not to have any windows, unless they are on the other side?
Lava flow happened before the church was built in the year of 2000. There seems to be no windows anywhere, at least I dont remember seeing any.
A very unusual church!
Something you don't see every day for sure.
It's beautiful, but a little bit disturbing however. All that black side by side with all the green...
Yep, but looks really cool still. A sight to see and a good subject for photos.
I Loove this kind of things, and that building sure is unique and old. Love the shape and I bet it looks cool inside to. Did you get to look inside? I have to say that the enviroment around is amazing to 😉
Such amazing shots.
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It's not old, built in 2000. I didn't get to go inside, the doors were locked. Would have loved to though.
It might be from 2000 but has that old look, what I meant 😉 and it would be cool to see the inside but you captured the enviroment around it well and your pictures are awsome.
These are really amazing pictures to admire of
Thanks.
Wow, very beautiful.
It is.
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This really looks like an ancient church that is worth visiting also