Vestre Moland Church, Lillesand, Norway

Vestre Moland Church was built of stone in c. 1150 and thick walls are still a part of the nave. The church was mentioned in official documents in 1347. The original timber-work tower was added in the 1660s. Work on the sacristy was started in 1742. In 1797 extension side chapels gave the church a cruciform shape as it appears today.

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atle andersen (6 months ago)
Pretty local church in the style known from the period

Andreas Høy Knudsen (6 months ago)
A great medieval church with a baroque interior and cemetery, converted into a cruciform church with a neo-Gothic tower, but appears authentic

Arne Georg Trondahl (8 months ago)
Nice old church

DumpoDeluxe (2 years ago)
Unfortunately, the church was closed. But great nonetheless

Ingun Scheie Robstad (4 years ago)
Great church with good acoustics.

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