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Nes Church

Nes Church

Nes, NO

The Nes church is a long church dating from 1860. The church is built in brick. Stylistically, it is a neo-Romanesque church with strong historical characteristics. The architect was P. H. Holtermann. In Nestangen, there are ruins of a stone church dating from around 1100 which was enlarged into a cruciform church in 1697 and burnt down in 1854.

Nes Church

Nes Church

Ringsaker, NO

The Nes church is a brick church built in the 12th century and probably rebuilt in the middle of the 13th century. The church was given a transept to the north in 1698 and to the south in 1704. The interior was heavily modified due to several large fires and extensive restorations (1888, 1933, 1960).

Nes Church

Nes Church

Ringerike, NO

The Nes church in Ringerike is an octagonal central church made of turned wood dating from 1860. The church was designed by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church was extended in 1928 when it received a new porch in the west and a new choir with a sacristy in the east, both with gable roofs.

Nes Church

Nes Church

Nesbyen, NO

The Nes church is a wooden church built in 1861 by the architect Georg Andreas Bull to replace an old church demolished the same year. The church is popularly called Hallingdalsdom (Hallingdal Cathedral) because it is the largest church in Hallingdal.

Nes Church

Nes Church

Luster, NO

The church of Nes is a long wooden church dating from 1836. It was built according to a standard design by Hans Ditlev Franciscus Linstow. In 1909, the church was extensively rebuilt and received, among other things, a new tower, a porch and a sacristy. The present church replaced a 14th-century stave church. The pulpit, the baptismal font and the three bells of the present church come from the moat church.

Nes Church

Nes Church

Midttelemark, NO

The church of Nes is a Romanesque stone church with a rectangular nave and a lower, narrower choir. To the west is a tower and next to the choir is a sacristy. The nave has a south and west portal and the choir has a south portal. It is especially the decoration of these three portals that makes the church so special. They are richly decorated with reliefs of figures. The portals also have other ornaments, columns and decorated chapters.

Nes Church

Nes Church

Gran, NO

The Nes church is a wooden church from 1730, which originally had a tower in the centre of the cross, but in 1886 the church received a new tower on the west side. The church is panelled inside and out. The interior is characterized by several restorations, especially from the 1930s.

Nes Church

Nes Church

Ørland, NO

The Nes church is a long church built in 1878-79. A church was built on Nes between 1520 and 1536, south of the place where the present church stands. When the present church was built, the old church was demolished and rebuilt under the name Austefjord Church.

Nesflaten Chapel

Nesflaten Chapel

Nesflaten, NO

The Nesflaten Chapel is a wooden building completed in 1853. The church has a long plan, its architecture is inspired by Hans Linstow's type of church.

Nesheim Church

Nesheim Church

Vaksdal, NO

The Nesheim church is a long church dating from 1908. It was built according to the plans of the architect Adolf Schirmer. It is the first church in the city and was built near a former auxiliary cemetery. It is not known for sure when the old cemetery was created, but it may have been built at the beginning of the 19th century.

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