Functional status Active | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Architect(s) Unknown Capacity 130 | |
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Talgje Church (Norwegian: Talgje kirke) is a parish church in Finnøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located on the island of Talgje. The church is part of the Talgje parish in the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The stone church was built around the year 1100. It seats about 130 people. The church was built as part of a large estate on Talgje. The estate was owned by old Norwegian nobility throughout the middle ages. Gaute Erlingsson owned the estate for a time. The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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