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Old Edøy Church

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Country
  
Churchmanship
  
Evangelical

Completed
  
c. 1190

Opened
  
1190

Phone
  
+47 71 54 46 27

Diocese
  
Denomination
  
Functional status
  
Historic

Address
  
6570 Smøla, Norway

Capacity
  
120

Status
  
Old Edøy Church

Location
  
Smøla Municipality, Møre og Romsdal

Similar
  
Brattvær Church, Hopen Church, Stemshaug Church, Bremsnes Church, Kornstad Church

Old Edøy Church (Norwegian: Edøy gamle kirke) is a historic parish church in Smøla Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located on the southwestern end of the small island of Edøya, just south of the larger island of Smøla. The church is part of the Edøy parish in the Ytre Nordmøre deanery in the Diocese of Møre.

History

The old stone church was built around the year 1190. It has had numerous renovations over the years to enlarge it and repair it. After several hundred years of use, it was too small and old to continue as the main church for the parish, so it was decided to build a new Edøy Church. The new church would be built to the north, on the island of Smøla instead of the more isolated location of the old church on the small island of Edøya. After the new church was completed in 1885, the old church was not regularly used and in 1887 there was a fire and the church burned down. The ruins of the old church remained until after World War II, when in 1946-1947, the church was rebuilt in a historically-accurate manner and is now protected as a historic site.

References

Old Edøy Church Wikipedia


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