European Stave Churches

A collection of picturesque stave churches set against lush landscapes, showcasing diverse architectural styles, colors, and serene surroundings. Highlights include wooden structures and graveyards.

Romania, Alba County, Rimetea, Trascau Mountains. Orthodox church.

Romania, Alba County, Rimetea, Trascau Mountains. Orthodox church.

Austria, Carinthia, Bad Kleinkirchheim, Church St. Katharina im Bade

Kaupanger stave church (Kaupanger stavkyrkje) is the largest stave church in the Sogn og Fjordane, and is situated in the town of Kaupanger, Norway. The nave is supported by 22 staves, 8 on each of the longer sides and 3 on each of the shorter. The elevated chancel is carried by 4 free standing staves. The church has the largest number of staves to be found in any one stave church. It is still in use as a parish church, having been in use continuously since its erection.

NORWAY, JULY 20: wooden stave church with a graveyard in Kaupangen on July 20, 2011 in Norway

The Stave Church is crowned with crosses The beautiful church in Heddal, Norway. The Stave Church is crowned with crosses. Ancient cemetery in the churchyard. Travel to Norway in July Copyright: xZoonar.com/kavramx 21216543

Norway - Roldal Stave Church (Roldal stavkyrkje). Church of the end of the 13th century

Japan, Honshu, Nagano Prefecture, Karuizawa, St.Paul's Catholic Church

Wooden chapel of Alexander Nevsky. Wooden chapel of Alexander Nevsky,Kenozerye. Arkhangelsk region, Russia Copyright: xZoonar.com/MYCHKOx 9540145

Roßholzen mit Maibaum und Kirche St. Bartholomäus am Samerberg im Chiemgau in Oberbayern in Deutschland *** Roßholzen with Maypole and Church St Bartholomew on Samerberg at Chiemgau in Upper Bavaria in Germany

South America, Argentina, Llao Llao. A quaint wooden chapel is part of the Llao Llao complex in Nahuel Huapi National Park, Argentina.

Church of Saint Michael the Archangel, Brunary, 17th century. UNESCO World Heritage Site, Carpathian Mountains, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland.

Stave church Wang and graveyard in the sunlight, Karpacz, Bohemian mountains, lower-Silesia, Poland, Europe

Church in the meadows near Mieming, Sonnenterrasse, Austria, Europe

Wooden chapel and stone cross on the top of Savkin hill, Pushkinskiye Gory Reserve, Russia

Gothic style church and barren tree surrounded by a cemetery makes for a dark scene.

Sfantul Ilie Paltinul Monastery, Holy Prophet Elias Paltinul Monastery, Manastirea Sfântul Prooroc Ilie, a Romanian Orthodox monastery near Piscul Negru right on the famous Transfagarasan high road in Romania

Stave Church Lom and cemetery, Lom, Oppland, Norway, Europe

Shrine of Our Lady of Altoetting, also known as the Chapel of Grace, Altoetting, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Stadtkirche Heilig Kreuz Ziesar Stadtkirche Heilig Kreuz Ziesar

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The Borgund Stave Church Was Built Around 1180 And Dedicated to The Apostle Andrew. The Church Is Exceptionally Well Preserved And Is The Most Distinctive Stave Church In Norway

orthodoxy church

Norway, Vestfold og Telemark, Heddal, Tombstones in front of medieval stave church in summer

Sfinti Arhangheli wooden church, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Rozaleva, Maramures, Romania, Europe

Europe, Poland, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Komancza, Orthodox church, Cerkiew Opieki Matki Bozej

The Holy Source of St. Nikita the Stylite at the Nikitsky Monastery, Pereslavsky District, Yaroslavl Region, Russia.

Tourists, Church Of The Annunciation, Moldovita Monastery, Moldovita, Southern Bucovina, Moldavia, Romania

Biserica Sfantul Ierarh Nicolael, Saint Nicholas Church, with cemetery, in the municipality of Bradulet, in Arges County, Romania

Europe, Poland, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Radoszyce, Orthodox church, Cerkiew sw. Dymitra

Biserica Sfantul Ierarh Nicolael, Saint Nicholas Church, with cemetery, in the municipality of Bradulet, in Arges County, Romania

Church Niederranna, Blossoming Marille Apricot Trees apricot blossom in Orchard Mühldorf Wachau Lower Austria, Lower Austria Austria Austria

Christmas tree before the Chapel Maria Rast near Krün, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany,

Russian Orthodox Church

USA, California, Yosemite National Park, View of Yosemite Chapel

Gravestones, Catholic Parish Church of Lutzmannsburg, dedicated to St. Vitus, Lutzmannsburg, Burgenland, Austria, Europe

Maegdesprung Harz Forest Cemetery

Chapel in the Swiss holiday and ski resort Belalp above the village Naters in the canton Valais. Chapel in Belalp

Hereditary burial in Grushevka, Belarus, Belarus, Europe

The Borgund Stave Church Was Built Around 1180 And Dedicated to The Apostle Andrew. The Church Is Exceptionally Well Preserved And Is The Most Distinctive Stave Church In Norway

Borgund, Norway famous old Norwegian church called Borgund Stave Church over 800 years built in 1181 best observed Stave Church in Norway with unique Medieval bell tower

parish church and cemetery, Sin, Sobrarbe, Huesca, Aragon, Pyrenees mountain range, Spain.

Stave church and graveyard in front of a mountain, Roldal, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The journeyman's chapel under a summer lime tree (Tilia platyphyllos) on the outskirts of Rottweil belongs to the Catholic parish of Auferstehung Christi., Rottweil, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Europe, Poland, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Morochow, Orthodox church, Cerkiew Spotkania Panskiego

Italy, Piedmont, Domodossola, Sacro Monte Calvario, XIV chapel

Orthodox Church, Baile Tusnad, Transylvania, Romania, Europe

Biserica Sfantul Ierarh Nicolael, Saint Nicholas Church, with cemetery, in the municipality of Bradulet, in Arges County, Romania

chapel Hl. Chrysanth und Sebastian in hamlet Hinterbichl Prägraten am Großvenediger Osttirol, East Tyrol Tirol, Tyrol Austria

Europe, Poland, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Komancza, Orthodox church, Cerkiew Opieki Matki Bozej

St. Marys Romanian Orthodox Church in Kayville, SK, Canada

Parish Church of Our Lady Help from the Star in Železná Ruda in the Bohemian Forest in the Czech Republic

Budakirkja church in Snaefellsnes peninsula, Iceland. This black church sits alone in Budaahraun lava field, West of Iceland.

christian orthodox church amongst winter tree

church consecration festival on Oswaldisonntag Oswald Sunday , Oswaldi in Krakaudorf, men and boys in the Prangschützen uniforms white trousers with red lampas, scarlet vest, dark green tailcoat with crossed white belts and bearskin hats and armed with old muzzle loaders, go to the church for the service Krakau Murtal Steiermark, Styria Austria

A peaceful cemetery with gravestones and a church surrounded by green trees, holm, schleswig. germany

Cemetery in front of majestic mountains with gravestones, trees and flowers creating a calm and peaceful scenery, gravestones with a small white church in front of a mountain panorama in spring, eidfjord, norway

Traditional batak church in the Samosir island, Indonesia

Chapel of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Jaszczurowka district, Zakopane, Podhale region, Tatra Mountains,Malopolska Province (Lesser Poland), Poland, Central Europe

Wayside cross, cross, religion, faith, Alpine foothills, Alps, mountains, mountain, Lenggries, Isar valley, Isar, Isarwinkel, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

christian orthodox church on snow field

Orthodox Church, Cerkiew Sw. Anny, Gizycko, Warmia-Masuria, Loetzen, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland, Europe

Small wooden chapel at Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church at Eklutna Historical Park, located within the homelands of the Athabaskan Indians. Eklutna Alaska

Assunta Church At Ferrate Village. Sermenza Valley. Italy

Rural Church In Field Of Daisies

The pilgrim's Chapel of the Virgin Mary in Kohutovo. Nova Bana. Slovakia

Austria, Tyrol, Mieming, chapel with Christmas tree,

Chapel in Vorderriss in the upper Isar valley, Lenggries, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Tombstones in church cemetery

The Holy Spring of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker near the village of Chubukovo, Uglichsky District, Yaroslavl Region, Russia.

Silhouette of a grave cross on a cemetary

Wooden Church, Visitors, Barsana, Monastery, Maramures, Romania, Europe

Yosemite Chapel Yosemite National Park California USA

Cemetery, tomb, commemoration, praying, last rest cemetery, tomb, commemoration, praying, last rest copyright: xzoonar.com/alexanderxfischerx 6902234

"Lueftlmalerei" (religious facade paintings) on a chapel with Christmas tree, Elmau near Klais, Mittenwald, Upper Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Graveyard in Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Oberoesterreich, Austria, Europe

Cemetery with graves and church

Orthodox church of Santa Paraskewa, Kwiaton. 17th century. World Heritage Site built entirely with wood, Little Poland Voivodeship, Carpathians, Poland, Europe

Europe, Poland, Lesser Poland, Zakopane, Krzeptowki, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima

Quebec, Canada. The Historic Indians chapel in Tadoussac.

Wooden St. Leonard's Church of Lipnica Murowana Malopolska Province (Lesser Poland), Poland, Central Europe

Church near the Heilsamer Brunnen (Healing Fountain), Triesingtal (Triesing Valley), Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Europe, Poland, Lesser Poland, Zakopane, Krzeptowki, Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima

Chapel on the Mieminger Plateau, Hohe Munde, Mieming, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Austria, Tyrol, Mieming, chapel with Christmas tree,

Graves at the German military cemetery Nasswand from World War I in the Dolomites, Italy, Europe

Flock of sheep and Catholic Church in Theth, Theth National Park, Albanian Alps, Prokletije, Qark Shkodra, Albania, Europe

Norway, Stave church of Ringebu, Stavkirke - medieval church in wood

Norway, Laerdal. Borgund stave-church, c.1180. Best preserved stave church in Norway. 800 year old church listed in Society for Ancient Monuments since 1877.

France, Gironde, Verdelais, chapel on the Station of the Cross to the wayside cross (19th century)

Armenia, Debed Canyon, Odzun. St. Astvatsatsin Church, 5th century, legendary burial place for the swaddling clothes of the infant Jesus Christ.

A cemetery in front of impressive mountains with numerous gravestones and trees in a peaceful and quiet atmosphere, gravestones with a small white church in front of a mountain panorama in spring, eidfjord, norway

St. Christina in Gröden, formerly Tyrol, Austria-Hungary, today South Tyrol, Italy, historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Yosemite Chapel Yosemite National Park California USA

church Sillian, graveyard Sillian Osttirol, East Tyrol Tirol, Tyrol Austria

A Knights camp at a medieval fair at castle Burgk, Thuringia, Germany

Etara Ethnographic Outdoor Village Museum, Etara, Near Gabrovo, Bulgaria. Holy Epiphany Church

Anger, church Mariä Himmelfahrt (Assumption Mary) in Anger, creek Stoißer Ache in Upper Bavaria, Berchtesgadener Land, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Mountaineers cemetery in Heiligenblut at Goßglockner with blue sky

Covadonga Catholic sanctuary Basilica church in Asturias at Cangas de Onis

Church St. Johannes der Taufer (John the Baptist). Village Grainau near Garmisch-Partenkirchen and mount Zugspitze in the Wetterstein mountain range, Germany

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