Fon Church
Fon Church | |
---|---|
![]() | |
![]() ![]() Fon Church Location in Vestfold | |
Coordinates: 59°24′43.459″N 10°12′22.946″E / 59.41207194°N 10.20637389°E | |
Country | Norway |
Denomination |
![]() |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Completed | 1100 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 130 |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Parish | Fon |
Deanery | Nord-Jarlsberg |
Diocese | Diocese of Tunsberg |
Fon Church (Norwegian: Fon kirke) is a long church (Norwegian: langkirke) dating from the 12th century in the village of Fon in Vestfold county, Norway.[1][2] The church is made of stone and built in the Romanesque style. It can accommodate 130 people.[1][2] The church's bell tower was built in 1839, and it had an older bell tower before this.[3]
The church has a pulpit dating from 1603 and an altarpiece from 1633.[3] There are two church bells at Fon Church; both of them were cast at the Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry in Sem.[3] The church's oldest bell is on display at the Olsen Nauen Bell Museum.[3]
Fon Church (at top right) is part of the rural built landscape in Fon, Norway. |
References
External links
- Den norske kirke: Re kirkelige fellesråds. Fon kirke
- Store norske leksikon: Fon kirke
- Kirkesøk: Fon kirke
- Kulturminnesøk: Fon kirkested
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 2/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.