Rakkestad Church

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Rakkestad Church is a Romanesque medieval church with a rectangular nave and narrow choir, probably built in ca. 1200. Rakkestad church is first mentioned in written sources in 1370. It was taken over by Rakkestad parish in 1860 and restored in 1875.

Address
Fylkesveg 665 870, Rakkestad, Norway

Established
c. 1200

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