Valle Church (Vest-Agder)

Valle Church
Valle kirke
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Valle Church
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Valle Church
Valle Church (Norway)
58°04′52″N 7°18′27″E / 58.0812°N 07.3074°E / 58.0812; 07.3074Coordinates: 58°04′52″N 7°18′27″E / 58.0812°N 07.3074°E / 58.0812; 07.3074
Location Lindesnes, Vest-Agder
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Style Cruciform
Completed 1793
Specifications
Capacity 600
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Valle
Deanery Mandal prosti
Diocese Agder og Telemark

Valle Church (Norwegian: Valle kirke) is a parish church in Lindesnes municipality in Vest-Agder county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vigeland. The church is part of the Valle parish in the Mandal deanery in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden, cruciform church was built in 1793. The church seats about 600 people.[1][2]

History

The first time a church in Valle was mentioned in historical records was in 1370, but it is not known exactly where that church was located. In 1577, Peder Claussøn Friis built a church near the present location. That church was in use until 1792 when it was torn down to make room for the present church.

See also

References

  1. "Valle kirke, Sør-Audnedal". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2016-12-14.



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