Askvoll Church

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Askvoll Church (Norwegian: Askvoll kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Askvoll Municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Askvoll. It is one of several churches for the Askvoll parish which is part of the Sunnfjord prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Bjørgvin. The white, wooden church was built in a long church style in 1863 using plans drawn up by Anders Askevold. The church seats about 425 people.

History: The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1306, but the church was not new at that time. The first church was a wooden stave church that was locate on the same site as the present church. In 1604, the old medieval church was torn down and replaced with a new timber-framed long church on the same site. The new building had a nave that measured about 17 by 9 metres (56 ft × 30 ft) and a choir that measured about 5 by 6 metres (16 ft × 20 ft). The old church porch and tower above it from the medieval stave church were saved and reused in the new building. In 1709, the nave was enlarged by adding a transept to the north, creating a half-cruciform design for the church. In 1814, this church served...