Hedal Stave Church

Hedalen Stave Church is a stave church located at the settlement of Hedalen in the municipality of Sør-Aurdal in Innlandet, Norway.
The first reference to the church is in 1327. The original church was a much smaller single nave church built second half of the 12th century. The west entrance remains from the original church. The front portal is one of the oldest and most richly ornamented in the country. It takes the form of three winged dragons, one on each side of the arch and pilasters of the entrance and one above, all elaborately intertwined in a tendril and leaf pattern.

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