St. Knud's Church, Rønne, Denmark

St. Knud’s is a traditional old village church, situated some distance to the east of Rønne town centre. It was built around the year 1150. It is the smallest church on Bornholm. The little church’s interior is of slightly more recent provenance - the altar dating from the 17th century and the interior decoration from the 18th.

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Koksal Baba (3 years ago)
Generalnie cała wyspa godna polecenia. Warto wspomnieć, że podczas ll wojny światowej Niemcy zbombardowali całą wyspę. Duńczycy z Bornholmu, co prawda nie w tak dużym stopniu, odbudowali swoją wyspę niczym Polacy z Warszawy. Sam Kościół bardzo ładny utrzymany w typowej dla Skandynawii architekturze to znaczy wszędzie bardzo dużo drewna

conrad severin (5 years ago)
super awesome

Katarzyna Jurgielewicz (6 years ago)
Nice place.

Jannick Bjødstrup (6 years ago)
Very good

Lunxu Lee (7 years ago)
good

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