Location Rennesøy, Rogaland Denomination Church of Norway Functional status Inactive Capacity 300 Diocese Diocese of Stavanger | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Completed c. 1250 Status Parish church | |
Similar Vestre Åmøy Chapel, Fogn Church, Tananger Chapel, Sjernarøy Church, Talgje Church |
Utstein Church (Norwegian: Utstein klosterkirke) is a Medieval Era, parish church in Rennesøy municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is located on the grounds of the historic Utstein Abbey on the island of Klosterøy. The church is part of the Mosterøy parish in the Tungenes deanery in the Diocese of Stavanger. The stone church was built around the year 1250. It seats about 300 people. Today the church is a historic protected site that is only used as a church in special occasions.
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