Holdhus Church

Eikelandsosen, Norway

Holdhus Church was originally built in 1306 and enlarged in 1725 and 1836. The most valuable item in the church is a Madonna sculpture, made of limestone in 1450s. The pulpit dates from 1570.

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Founded: 1306
Category: Religious sites in Norway

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Jan Fredrik Espe Helland (3 years ago)
Old church with bad pews. Bring something to sit on
Ronnie Rio Jakobsen (4 years ago)
Great cultural monument
Marianne Erstad (5 years ago)
Great old church
Reiko “Reiko” Stephan (5 years ago)
Small historic church. Costs a little entry. We were lucky and were very nicely informed in German. For free there was a hiking map.
N Idiene (6 years ago)
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